Houppeville
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  Houppeville | ||
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Location within Normandy region  Houppeville | ||
| Coordinates: 49°30′48″N 1°04′49″E / 49.5133°N 1.0803°ECoordinates: 49°30′48″N 1°04′49″E / 49.5133°N 1.0803°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Normandy | |
| Department | Seine-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Rouen | |
| Canton | Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville | |
| Intercommunality | CREA | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Thierry Chevrier | |
| Area1 | 20.8 km2 (8.0 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 2,437 | |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76367 / 76770 | |
| Elevation |
39–169 m (128–554 ft) (avg. 154 m or 505 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. | ||
Houppeville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
Geography
A large village of forestry and farming, surrounded by woodland and situated just 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the centre of Rouen, at the junction of the D90, D121 and the D321 roads.
Heraldry
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The arms of Houppeville are blazoned : Or, on a bend gules a leopard and a fleur-de-lys of the field, overall a tree eradicated vert. |
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 877 | 1112 | 1346 | 1901 | 2378 | 2405 | 2437 |
| 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 eleventh century.
- The Arboretum de Forêt Verte
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Houppeville. |
- Unofficial website of the commune (French)
- Houppeville on the Quid website (French)
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