Bihorel

Bihorel
Bihorel
Commune
	Notre Dame des Anges Church and market in Bihorel
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 49°27′19″N 1°07′01″E / 49.4553°N 1.1169°ECoordinates: 49°27′19″N 1°07′01″E / 49.4553°N 1.1169°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Bois-Guillaume
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Houbron
Area 1	2.51 km2 (0.97 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	8,331
• Density	3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76095 /76420
Elevation	80–167 m (262–548 ft) ; (avg. 157 m or 515 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bihorel is a commune of the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. 1 January 2012 is started to merge with Bois-Guillaume, but the merge was cancelled in January 2014.

Geography[]

Situation[]

Bihorel is a suburban and light industrial town forming part of the conglomeration of Rouen.

Located on the northern plateau of Rouen, Bihorel is a city with three districts:

the Old Bihorel: attached to Rouen halfway up

the Provinces plateau: the neighborhood of collective buildings behind old Bihorel;

the Chapter: the residential neighborhood further north.

Roads and transportation[]

Bihorel is situated at the junction of the D243 and the D443 roads. The T2 line (TEOR) permits to reach the city center of Rouen in 30 minutes from the south of Bihorel. The F2, 40 and 20 lines make possible to go to the city center of Rouen in 10 minutes.

Heraldry[]

	The arms of Bihorel are blazoned : Gules, a bend sinister between in chief a beehive and in base 2 leopards Or, and on a chief azure a knight contourny between an archer contourny and 2 soccer players contourny the sinister one with a ball at his foot, Or.

History[]

The town was created on April 13, 1892. Previously, Bihorel was a district of Bois-Guillaume.

On 4 July 2011, the merger of Bihorel and Bois-Guillaume was voted in the municipal council, a merger that has been effective since January 1, 2012, under the regime of the new municipalities, despite the consultation organized by the mayors of these two cities. There was a very large opposition from the population (66.43% opposed).

From January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2013, the municipality was merged with its neighbor, Bois-Guillaume, under the new municipalities to be Bois-Guillaume-Bihorel.

The creation of this commune was invalidated by the administrative court of Rouen, a decision neither the prefecture or the municipality appealed. The two municipalities were recreated on 1 January 2014.

Population[]

Historical population of Bihorel
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	4072	7009	9382	10121	9358	9057	8664
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.