page_title: Yport
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Yport / History
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Yport (Seine-Maritime - France), la plage et les falaises d'amont. English: Yport (Seine-Maritime - France), the beach and cliffs upstream. Deutsch: Yport (Seine-Maritime - Frankreich), der strand und klippen vor. Español: Yport (Seina-Maritimo - Francia), la playa y los acantilados de aguas arriba. Nederlands: Yport (Seine-Maritime - Frankreich), het strand en kliffen stroomopwaarts. Русский: Іпор (Приморська Сена - (Франція), пляж и скалы вверх по течению.
context_page_description: Yport is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. The residents are known as Yportais or Yportaises.
context_section_description: The site was probably occupied during the neolithic period, and later the Pays de Caux was inhabited by the Calates. During the Roman time, a road connecting Fécamp to Étretat passed through the locality at Pitron Fund 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, 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 January 1, 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, skiffs, caïques and other vessels moored up to the bollards.
  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. 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.
caption: Yport
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