Valmont | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Valmont.svg |
Arrondissement: | Le Havre |
Canton: | Fécamp |
Insee: | 76719 |
Postal Code: | 76540 |
Mayor: | Jean-Louis Navarre[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Fécamp Caux Littoral |
Coordinates: | 49.7439°N 0.5144°W |
Elevation M: | 37 |
Elevation Min M: | 35 |
Elevation Max M: | 123 |
Area Km2: | 5.55 |
Valmont (in French pronounced as /valmɔ̃/) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some 32miles northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D10, D17, D28 and D69 roads. The village is surrounded by woodland. Just outside the village, at Le Vivier, is the source of the river Valmont.
The commune was created in 1822 and 1825 by the merger of four former parishes of Valmont, Saint-Ouen-au-Bosc, Rouxmesnil and Le Bec-au-Cauchois.
In 1169, the abbey of Notre-Dame-du-Pre was founded here by Nicolas of Estouteville. It was devastated during the Hundred Years' War but was repaired and became a nunnery. In 1416 the Battle of Valmont took place near the town, as part of the Hundred Years' War.