Tourville-sur-Arques

Tourville-sur-Arques
Commune
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Coordinates: 49°51′32″N 1°06′08″E / 49.8589°N 1.1022°E / 49.8589; 1.1022Coordinates: 49°51′32″N 1°06′08″E / 49.8589°N 1.1022°E / 49.8589; 1.1022
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Dieppe-1
Intercommunality	CA Région Dieppoise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yoann Collin
Area 1	5.9 km2 (2.3 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	1,216
• Density	210/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76707 /76550
Elevation	20–113 m (66–371 ft) (avg. 105 m or 344 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tourville-sur-Arques (French pronunciation: ​[tuʁvil syʁ aʁk], literally Tourville on Arques) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography[]

A farming village situated by the banks of the river Scie in the Pays de Caux, some 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D254, D70 and the D23 roads.

Population[]

Places of interest[]

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The sixteenth-century château of Miromesnil, with its park and gardens.

People[]

• Guy de Maupassant, French writer, was born at the château in 1850.

See also[]

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References[]

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