Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis

Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis
Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis
Commune
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	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 49°26′07″N 1°09′05″E / 49.4353°N 1.1514°ECoordinates: 49°26′07″N 1°09′05″E / 49.4353°N 1.1514°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Darnétal
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Géraldine Théry
Area 1	2.81 km2 (1.08 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	3,577
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76599 /76160
Elevation	20–138 m (66–453 ft) ; (avg. 133 m or 436 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography[]

Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis is a light industrial suburban town surrounded by woodland and situated in the Roumois, just 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D42 and the D138 roads.

History[]

Etymology[]

The current official name of the town derives from a mistaken etymology dating back to French Revolution. Political authorities have retained and not reformed this quaint error to the present day. A more rational name would be "Saint-Léger-Bourdeny", after its ancient name "Bourdeny", a Gallo-Roman toponym in , formed with the Germanic personal name Burdinus, thus Burdiniacum > Bourdeny. Burdinus, a given name, gave rise to the patronymic surnames Bourdain and Bourdin, common in west central France.

A similar name can be found in the Merovingian toponym Bourdainville.