Déville-lès-Rouen
| Déville-lès-Rouen | ||
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  Déville-lès-Rouen | ||
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Location within Normandy region  Déville-lès-Rouen | ||
| Coordinates: 49°28′12″N 1°03′00″E / 49.470°N 1.050°ECoordinates: 49°28′12″N 1°03′00″E / 49.470°N 1.050°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Normandy | |
| Department | Seine-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Rouen | |
| Canton | Mont-Saint-Aignan | |
| Intercommunality | CREA | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Dominique Gambier | |
| Area1 | 3.16 km2 (1.22 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)2 | 10,365 | |
| • Density | 3,300/km2 (8,500/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76216 / 76250 | |
| Elevation |
4–135 m (13–443 ft) (avg. 17 m or 56 ft) | |
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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. | ||
Déville-lès-Rouen is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department of the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.
Geography
A suburban light industrial town situated by the banks of the Cailly River, some 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D 66 and the D 6015 roads.
Heraldry
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The arms of Déville-lès-Rouen are blazoned : Azure, a Norman manor argent masoned sable overall a crozier Or, over that (and above the manor) a lamb reguardant haloed argent, and a base wavy azure [waves], and on a chief gules, a toothed wheel Or between 2 pairs of shuttles each pair in saltire argent. |
Population
| Year | 1793 | 1800 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| Population | 1700 | 1550 | 8643 | 9622 | 11,745 | 11,136 | 10,521 | 10,441 | 10,406 | 10,365 |
| 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 St.Pierre, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The ruins of a Rouen bishop's manor house dating from the thirteenth century.
- A sixteenth-century stone cross.
Notable people
- Pierre Bérégovoy (1925–1993), politician, was born here.
- Tony Parker, basketball player, went to school here at Sainte-Marie college.
- Alfred Louis Delattre (1850–1932), archeologist, was born here.
Twin towns
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Déville-lès-Rouen. |
- Independent website of Déville-lès-Rouen (French)
- Official website (French)
- Déville-lès-Rouen on the Quid website (French)
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