YVETOT, a town of France, capital of an arrondissement of the same name, in the department of Seine Inférieure, in a fertile plain, 20 miles N.W. of Rouen. It is an ancient town, and consists of one principal street more than two miles long, lined with old-fashioned timber-framed, and slate-roofed houses. Linen and cotton cloth, velvet, hosiery, and hats, are made here; and there is a considerable trade in corn, cattle, and sheep. Yvetot was formerly an important commercial town, and its lords were styled kings, even in legal documents,—a practice which has given rise to some antiquarian researches. Pop. (1856) 8234.
1 "Eloge Historique du Docteur Thomas Young," par M. Arago, Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France, tome xiii. p. lvii.