Montérolier

Montérolier
Montérolier
Location within Normandy region  Montérolier
Coordinates: 49°37′48″N 1°20′49″E / 49.63°N 1.3469°E / 49.63; 1.3469Coordinates: 49°37′48″N 1°20′49″E / 49.63°N 1.3469°E / 49.63; 1.3469
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Intercommunality	Saint-Saëns-Portes de Bray
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Yvette Pasquier
Area1	11.7 km2 (4.5 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	526
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	76445 /76680
Elevation	132–212 m (433–696 ft) (avg. 146 m or 479 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montérolier is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

A farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D24 and the D38 roads. The Varenne River has its source here.

Surrounded by the common Neufbosc, Mathonville and Saint-Martin-Osmonville, Montérolier is located 26 km northeast of Mont-Saint-Aignan, the largest city nearby.

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.