La Londe
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Coordinates: 49°18′22″N 0°57′11″E / 49.306°N 0.953°ECoordinates: 49°18′22″N 0°57′11″E / 49.306°N 0.953°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Rouen |
Canton | Elbeuf |
Intercommunality | Métropole Rouen Normandie |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Jaouen |
Area 1 | 30.98 km2 (11.96 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 2,346 |
• Density | 76/km2 (200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76391 /76500 |
Elevation | 20–138 m (66–453 ft) (avg. 128 m or 420 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
La Londe is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. It was first mentioned in historical records in 1170.
Geography[]
A forestry and farming village situated some 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Rouen, at the junction of the D132 and the D38 roads. The commune borders the department of the Eure.
Population[]
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 1194 | 1423 | 1672 | 1738 | 1900 | 2007 | 2239 |
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |
Toponymy[]
Lunda around 1170. There are more than 100 place-names la Londe in Normandy. It means "the wood, the grove". It derives from Old Norse lundr "grove".
Places of interest[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/LeB%C3%BBcheronDeLaFor%C3%AAtDeLaLonde_PaulRicher.jpg/200px-LeB%C3%BBcheronDeLaFor%C3%AAtDeLaLonde_PaulRicher.jpg)
«Le bûcheron de la forêt de La Londe», sculpted by Paul Richer in 1899
- A memorial to the Canadian soldiers that liberated the town in August 1944.
- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
- A seventeenth-century château.
- A stone cross from the sixteenth century.
- Some Roman ruins.
See also[]
- Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
External links[]
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- Official commune website (in French)
Categories:
- Communes of Seine-Maritime
- 1170 establishments in Europe
- 1170s establishments in France
- Rouen geography stubs