Tourville-la-Rivière
Tourville-la-Rivière | |
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Coordinates: 49°19′44″N 1°06′22″E / 49.329°N 1.106°ECoordinates: 49°19′44″N 1°06′22″E / 49.329°N 1.106°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Rouen |
Canton | Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf |
Intercommunality | Métropole Rouen Normandie |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Noël Levillain |
Area 1 | 8 km2 (3 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 2,504 |
• Density | 310/km2 (810/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76705 /76410 |
Elevation | 2–82 m (6.6–269.0 ft) (avg. 11 m or 36 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Tourville-la-Rivière (French pronunciation: [tuʁvil la ʁivjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography[]
A small farming and light industrial town situated by the banks of the Seine, some 9 miles (14 km) south of Rouen at the junction of the D144, D7 and the D13 roads.
Junction 21 of the A13 autoroute is within the commune's borders. SNCF operates a TER rail service to the town. A huge new shopping centre was opened here in 2006.
Heraldry[]
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The arms of the commune of Tourville-la-Rivière are blazoned : Bendy argent and azure, a crowned lion gules between 3 escallops Or.
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Population[]
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 953 | 1102 | 1419 | 1828 | 1886 | 2280 | 2350 |
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |
Places of interest[]
- The shopping centre.
- The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The seventeenth-century chateau of Tourville at Bédane, with a dovecote built in 1691 and a 15th-century chapel.
- A seventeenth-century stone cross.
- A Roman necropolis of 150 to 200 tombs with pottery and coins all discovered during the building of the SNCF railway.
See also[]
- Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tourville-la-Rivière. |
- The shopping centre website (in French)
- Official town website (in French)
Categories:
- Communes of Seine-Maritime
- Rouen geography stubs