La Bouille

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La Bouille
Commune
A general view of La Bouille
A general view of La Bouille
Coat of arms of La Bouille
Coat of arms
Location of La Bouille
La Bouille is located in France
La Bouille
La Bouille
Coordinates: 49°21′04″N 0°55′55″E / 49.351°N 0.932°E / 49.351; 0.932Coordinates: 49°21′04″N 0°55′55″E / 49.351°N 0.932°E / 49.351; 0.932
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonElbeuf
IntercommunalityMétropole Rouen Normandie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jacques Meng[1]
Area
1
1.27 km2 (0.49 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[2]
738
 • Density580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76131 /76530
Elevation2–133 m (6.6–436.4 ft)
(avg. 5 m or 16 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Bouille is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography[]

A small village (in area) surrounded by woodland situated south of a meander of the river Seine, some 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Rouen, at the junction of the D 64, D 132 and the roads. A ferry service crosses the river to Sahurs.

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793959—    
1800802−16.4%
1806877+9.4%
18211,182+34.8%
18311,171−0.9%
1836796−32.0%
1841772−3.0%
1846741−4.0%
1851745+0.5%
1856667−10.5%
1861652−2.2%
1866625−4.1%
1872602−3.7%
1876556−7.6%
1881562+1.1%
1886565+0.5%
1891544−3.7%
1896536−1.5%
1901515−3.9%
1906519+0.8%
1911502−3.3%
1921435−13.3%
YearPop.±%
1926466+7.1%
1931444−4.7%
1936497+11.9%
1946611+22.9%
1954618+1.1%
1962661+7.0%
1968611−7.6%
1975661+8.2%
1982550−16.8%
1990862+56.7%
1999791−8.2%
2005808+2.1%
2006805−0.4%
2007805+0.0%
2008797−1.0%
2009788−1.1%
2010780−1.0%
2011771−1.2%
2012793+2.9%
2013778−1.9%
2014764−1.8%

Notable people[]

  • Writer Hector Malot was born here in 1830.
  • French actor Albert Lambert.
  • La Bouille has been the subject of landscapes by Turner, Gauguin, Albert Lebourg, Robert Antoine Pinchon and Henri Vignet.

Places of interest[]

La Bouille and the ferry
The ferry dock at La Bouille
  • The church of Sainte-Madeleine, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • A sixteenth century salt warehouse.
  • Several lesser buildings dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The Château Albert Lambert.
  • The seventeenth-century château de l'Ermitage

See also[]

  • Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References[]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.



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