Yville-sur-Seine
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Template:Infobox French commune Yville-sur-Seine ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}, literally Yville on Seine) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
Geography
{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Ambox }} A farming village situated by the left (south) bank of the river Seine, in the Roumois some Template:Convert southwest of Rouen at the junction of the D 45 with the D 265 road.
Population
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Places of interest
- A fifteenth-century timber constructed manoir.
- A stone cross from the thirteenth century.
- The church of St. Léger, dating from the twelfth century.
- The eighteenth-century château of Yville, a privately owned historical monument. The magnificent gardens and grounds include a collection of holly (ilex sp.), box (buxus), lilac (syringa) and roses. It was built by Jean-Jacques Martinet, from plans attributed to Jules Hardouin Mansart.<ref>Château Official Website</ref>