Fontaine-la-Mallet
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Fontaine-le-Mallet is a commune
in the Seine-Maritime
department in the Haute-Normandie
region
in northern France
.
from Montivilliers
bought 100 acre (0.404686 km²) of land in order to build a church here "in villa dicitur Fontenais ad opus ecclesiae Sancta Mariae".
In a register of the Secretariat of the Archdiocese of Rouen, dating from 1479–1480, it mentions "Parochia Fontibus le Mallet" - Mallet coming from the name of the first seigneurs
- the Malet de Graville family (c.1200-1300).
Fontaine-la-Mallet grew over the centuries and was all but destroyed by bombing in September 1944. It was the most badly-affected village of the lower Seine
. Rebuilding of the commune was started in the 1960s.
situated in the Pays de Caux
, some 5 miles (8 km) north of Le Havre
, near the junction of the D52 and the N328 roads.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre...
department in the Haute-Normandie
Haute-Normandie
Upper Normandy is one of the 27 regions of France. It was created in 1984 from two départements: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. This division continues to provoke controversy, and some continue to call for reuniting the two regions...
region
Régions of France
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in northern France
France
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.
History
The first mention of the village dates from the eleventh century, when an abbessAbbess
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from Montivilliers
Montivilliers
Montivilliers is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A large light industrial and farming town by the banks of the river Lézarde in the Pays de Caux, situated just north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D489, D52, D926 and D31...
bought 100 acre (0.404686 km²) of land in order to build a church here "in villa dicitur Fontenais ad opus ecclesiae Sancta Mariae".
In a register of the Secretariat of the Archdiocese of Rouen, dating from 1479–1480, it mentions "Parochia Fontibus le Mallet" - Mallet coming from the name of the first seigneurs
Lord
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- the Malet de Graville family (c.1200-1300).
Fontaine-la-Mallet grew over the centuries and was all but destroyed by bombing in September 1944. It was the most badly-affected village of the lower Seine
Seine
The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels...
. Rebuilding of the commune was started in the 1960s.
Heraldry
Geography
A village of farming and forestryForestry
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situated in the Pays de Caux
Pays de Caux
The Pays de Caux is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French département of Seine Maritime in Haute-Normandie. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cliffs on the English Channel coast - its coastline is known as the Côte d'Albâtre...
, some 5 miles (8 km) north of Le Havre
Le Havre
Le Havre is a city in the Seine-Maritime department of the Haute-Normandie region in France. It is situated in north-western France, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Seine on the English Channel. Le Havre is the most populous commune in the Haute-Normandie region, although the total...
, near the junction of the D52 and the N328 roads.