Grainville-Ymauville () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime

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in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D75 and D10 roads. The

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railways have a station here.

Heraldry

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St-Vigor-et-Notre-Dame, dating from the eighteenth century. * The eighteenth century chateau de Grainville.

Notable people

Nicole Fontaine Nicole Fontaine (16 January 1942 – 17 May 2018) was a French politician who served as Member of the European Parliament for the Île-de-France from 1984 until 2002 and from 2004 until 2009. She was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, ...

, former president of the European Parliament was born here.

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