Montérolier
Montérolier is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D24 and the D38 roads. The river Varenne has its source here. Montérolier-Buchy station has rail connections to Rouen, Lille and Amiens.Surrounded by the communes Neufbosc, Mathonville and Saint-Martin-Osmonville, Montérolier is located 26 km northeast of Mont-Saint-Aignan, the largest city nearby.
History
During 1943, in the Clairefeuille woods at Montérolier, the Germans built underground galleries in which to store V-1 flying bombs. After the Second World War, the galleries were opened to the public. On the 21 and 22 June 1995, 13 people died accidentally in the tunnels.Places of interest
- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eighteenth century.
- Traces of an 11th-century castle.
- A nineteenth-century château.
- A sandstone cross, from the sixteenth century.
- The tunnels of Montérolier..
People
- Jean de Grouchy, sieur of Montérolier.