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Commune in Normandy, France

Yport Commune The upstream cliffs Coat of arms Location of Yport Yport Show map of France Yport Show map of Normandy Coordinates: 49°44′19″N 0°18′50″E / 49.7386°N 0.3139°E / 49.7386; 0.3139 Country France Region Normandy Department Seine-Maritime Arrondissement Le Havre Canton Fécamp Intercommunality Fécamp Caux Littoral Government • Mayor (2024–2026) Philippe Capron[1] Area 1 2.07 km2 (0.80 sq mi) Population (2023)[2] 652 • Density 315/km2 (816/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) INSEE/Postal code 76754 /76111 Elevation 0–96 m (0–315 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft) 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

**Yport** (French pronunciation: [\[ipɔʁ\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French)) is a [commune](/source/Commune_in_France) in the [Seine-Maritime](/source/Seine-Maritime) department of France’s [Normandy](/source/Normandy_(administrative_region)) region. The residents are known as Yportais or Yportaises.

## Location

Yport is located on the D104 road, about 19 miles (31 km) north of [Le Havre](/source/Le_Havre), on the coast of the [English Channel](/source/English_Channel).

## Population

‹ The [template](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template) *[Historical populations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Historical_populations)* is being [considered for merging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2026_June_24#Template:Infobox_demographics). ›

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,193 — 1975 1,159 −0.41% 1982 1,121 −0.48% 1990 1,141 +0.22% 1999 1,011 −1.34% 2007 1,005 −0.07% 2012 923 −1.69% 2017 798 −2.87% 2023 652 −3.31% Source: INSEE[3]

## History

The site was probably occupied during the [Neolithic](/source/Neolithic) period, and later the [Pays de Caux](/source/Pays_de_Caux) were inhabited by the [Calates](/source/Calates). During the Roman time, a road connecting [Fécamp](/source/F%C3%A9camp) to [Étretat](/source/%C3%89tretat) passed through the locality at *Fond Pitron* from where a junction towards the village existed. The current D940 follows the route of this Roman road. The Roman presence was discovered following various archaeological excavations, but nothing proves that it was permanently inhabited. It may have been only a fishing site. Starting from the early Middle Ages the village was attached to [Criquebeuf-en-Caux](/source/Criquebeuf-en-Caux), where the church, the cemetery and the school were located, several kilometres away from Yport. Only in the 19th century did the commune of Yport come into existence, primarily because of the construction of the church. Officially, the commune of Yport was created on 1 January 1843, and its first mayor was Jean-Baptiste Feuilloley. The 19th century marked the beginning of the rise of sea-fishing. Many people were attracted to the area by the work and the population reached 1800. The sea front evolved considerably during this period. As a working port, the sea front had [fishing-smacks](/source/Smack_(ship)), [skiffs](/source/Skiff), [caïques](/source/Ca%C3%AFque) and other vessels moored up to the [bollards](/source/Bollard_(mooring)).

Yport

During the 19th century, sea-bathing came into fashion, and Yport did not escape from it. In 1849 and 1884, the village was hit by cholera epidemics. Later, in the 1960s, fishing disappeared, like everywhere on the [Côte d'Albâtre](/source/C%C3%B4te_d'Alb%C3%A2tre). The pace of life in the fishing village changed only very little. Yport is nowadays primarily a tourist town, with the casino, the beach and many quality restaurants. A large car-park has now replaced most of the fishing boats at the sea-front.

### Heraldry

Arms of Yport The arms of Yport are blazoned : Tierced per pall, 1: Azure, a ship argent, 2 &3: Or, 3 poplars vert, all around a pall sable; and a chief tierced per pale: 1: Gules, a frog contourny argent, 2: barry argent and gules, a lion sable, 3: Gules, 3 hammers Or.

## Tourism

- Cliffs

- Pebble beach

- St. Martin's church: building started in 1838, it was finished only in 1876 after many modifications.

- Casino

- Yport is the place where [Guy de Maupassant](/source/Guy_de_Maupassant) set his novel *Une Vie*

## Festivals

- Torch-light parade on 13 July.

- Festival of the sea and painting on 15 August (mass, blessing, holy procession). An exhibition of paintings, painters and sculptors in the streets and on the beach, auction sale at 5pm of the art created during the course of the day.

## See also

- [Communes of the Seine-Maritime department](/source/Communes_of_the_Seine-Maritime_department)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Répertoire national des élus: les maires"](https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503) (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Populations de référence 2023"](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-76754) (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pophist_3-0)** [Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-76754#tableau-POPREF_G1), INSEE

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Yport](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Yport).

- [Tourisme à Yport](https://web.archive.org/web/20070205040126/http://www.tourisme-yport.info/) (in Japanese)

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