Duclair

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Duclair
Commune
The Seine riverside at Duclair
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°29′08″N 0°52′34″E / 49.4856°N 0.8761°E / 49.4856; 0.8761Coordinates: 49°29′08″N 0°52′34″E / 49.4856°N 0.8761°E / 49.4856; 0.8761
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Barentin
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean Delalandre[1]
Area 1	10.02 km2 (3.87 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	4,135
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76222 /76480
Elevation	1–122 m (3.3–400.3 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography[]

A farming and light industrial town situated some 11 miles (18 km) west of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D43, D5 and the D982 roads.
The river Austreberthe joins the Seine at Duclair, which is linked by ferry to the south bank. SNCF operates a TER service, having a railway station in the town.
A breed of duck is named after the town; the canard Duclair is black with a white bib.

Heraldry[]

The arms of Duclair are blazoned : Per fess 1: per pale I: Azure, a duck volant contourny both wings pointing down argent; II: Or, an apple tree fructed proper on a base vert; 2: Azure, 3 fish contourny argent.

Population[]

Places of interest[]

• The church of St. Denis, dating from the twelfth century.
• Traces of a feudal castle.
• Remains of a 13th-century presbytery.
• The Château du Taillis, dating from medieval times.
• The eighteenth-century Château du Vaurouy.
• La Cour-du-Mont manor house with parts dating from the thirteenth century.
• A seventeenth-century chapel.

Ferry between Berville-sur-Seine and Duclair

Notable people[]

• Musician Pierre Villette (1926–1998), was born here.

Twin towns[]

Ronnenberg, Germany

Bibliography[]

• Francis Aubert, Duclair, un regard sur le passé, Duclair, 2002 ISBN 2-9519259-0-5
• Ariane Duclert, "Le Caneton à la rouennaise, spécialité de Duclair", Pays de Normandie ISSN 1266-1341
• Gilbert Fromager, Le Canton of Duclair à l'aube du XXe, Duclair, 1986 ISBN 2-9501653-0-3

See also[]

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Duclair.

• Official website of Duclair