Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon

Geography

History

• The parishes of Saint-Georges-de-Gravenchon and Notre Dame were part of the royal domain of Lillebonne. The Counts of Évreux built the medieval castle of Fontaine-Saint-Denis. The two parishes were joined as one commune in 1823 under the name of Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon.
• Napoleon III opened the new industrial area of Port-Jérôme. A commemorative stone recalls his visit on May 28, 1861. Until then, the commune was an agricultural town.
• In 1930, two oil refineries with two separate housing districts were established. "Standard" and "Vacuum".
• During World War II, the refineries were partly destroyed but rebuilt after 1945. Notre Dame de Gravenchon was occupied by the Germans on 12 June 1940 and liberated on 31 August 1944 jointly by the British and Belgian armies.

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Population

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
• The church of St. Georges, dating from the twentieth century.
• A seventeenth century public washhouse.
• Vestiges of the medieval castle and chapel at La Fontaine-Saint-Denis.

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