Blainville-Crevon

Blainville-Crevon is a commune in the Seine-Maritime département of the Normandy region of northern France.

Blainville-Crevon
Commune
City Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Blainville-Crevon
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Coordinates: 49°30′15″N 1°18′07″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Le Mesnil-Esnard
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Picard
Area ^1	14.8 km^2 (5.7 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2017)[1]	1,209
• Density	82/km^2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76100 /76116
Elevation	83–166 m (272–545 ft) (avg. 94 m or 308 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the river Crevon in the Pays de Caux, some 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D12, D7 and the D98 roads.

Toponymy

Medieval place-name in -ville (from Gallo-Romance VILLA 'farm, estate'). Mentioned as Bleduinvilla in 1050 - 1060. Probably *Bladwinus 'estate, Germanic name *Bladwinus is never recorded, but belongs possibly to the developments of the anthroponymic element blad. A similar name can be recognized in Blainville-sur-l'Eau (Villa Bladini 10th century) 'the estate of Bladinus '[2]

Crevon is a former parrish (Chevron 1068 - 76, Kevron 13th century, Quevron → 16th). Crevon is the metathesis of the Norman Quevron, that is chevron 'beam' in French, that is to say "beam to cross the stream". Now the stream itself is called Crevon. Similar Norman place-name in Manche département Hébécrevon, with personal name Hébert < Herbert.[3]

History

It appeared for the first time in a charter by William the Conqueror referring to the Clères family feudal motte. Becoming the possession of the Mauquenchy family, Blainville, became a true fortress and was subsequently confiscated by the English at the beginning of the Hundred Years War and again in 1435. Later it became the possession of Jean d'Estouteville, who restored the castle and founded the college. During the French reconquest of Normandy, Henry IV held a council of war at Blainville castle on the eve of the fall of Rouen. The last owners, the Colbert-Seignelay family, demolished the old castle and built a chateau. The Chateau de Blainville was completely razed during the French Revolution. Around 1820, the two neighbouring villages of St-Arnoult and Crevon were joined with Blainville to become Blainville-Crevon.
It is a village of art, culture and history. A festival of world music named "Archeo-Jazz" takes place here annually at the end of June, in the ruins of the medieval castle.

Heraldry

Arms of Blainville-Crevon

The arms of Blainville-Crevon are blazoned : Azure, a cross between 20 cross-crosslets (each group of 5 arranged in saltire) argent.

Population

Historical population of Blainville-Crevon
(Source: INSEE[4])

Year	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2012	2017
Population	508	575	797	1096	1113	1127	1191	1209

Places of interest

• The church of St.Michel, dating from the 15th century.
• The ruins of the 13th-century castle of Ac.
• The château de Mondétour, dating from the 18th century.

People with links to the commune

• Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), painter and sculptor, was born here.
• Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti (1889–1963), his sister, also a painter.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

Notes

• This article is based the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted 12 December 2008.

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. François de Beaurepaire, Les noms des communes et anciennes paroisses de la Seine-Maritime, éditions Picard 1979. p. 45.
3. Beaurepaire 63
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official website of Blainville-Crevon (in French)