Bois-l'Évêque

Bois-l’Évêque
Coat of arms
Bois-l’Évêque
Location within Normandy region  Bois-l’Évêque
Coordinates: 49°27′01″N 1°15′55″E / 49.4503°N 1.2653°ECoordinates: 49°27′01″N 1°15′55″E / 49.4503°N 1.2653°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Darnétal
Government
• Mayor	Frédéric Tihi
Area^1	7.21 km^2 (2.78 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	508
• Density	70/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	76111 / 76160
Elevation	100–163 m (328–535 ft) (avg. 145 m or 476 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bois-l’Évêque is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated some 8 miles (13 km) east of Rouen at the junction of the D53 and the D43 roads.

Population

Historical population of Bois-l'Évêque

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	161	175	202	260	290	368	508
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 church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
• Remnants of the 13th-century priory de Beaulieu.
• The nineteenth century Château de Bethel.
• Ruins of a 13th-century chapel.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Bois-l’Évêque on the Quid website (French)