What is the setting of the story "The Piece of String"?

Nearly all of Guy de Maupassant's short stories are set in
rural Normandy, on the northeastern coast of France. The village of Goderville, Maitre
Hauchecorne's home in "A Piece of String," is an actual place, located in Upper
Normandy, between La Havre and Rouen, and not far from the River Seine. It is an ancient
village, established in the 9th century. (The population in 2006 was about 2,800). The
town market is located in the main square, and there is a tavern, Jourdain's, and a
mayor's office. The story itself is set in the 1880s.