Anneville-Ambourville

Anneville-Ambourville
Commune
Cheminée Tournante manor

Coat of arms
Anneville-Ambourville
Location within Normandy region
Anneville-Ambourville
Coordinates: 49°27′44″N 0°53′12″E / 49.4622°N 0.8867°E / 49.4622; 0.8867Coordinates: 49°27′44″N 0°53′12″E / 49.4622°N 0.8867°E / 49.4622; 0.8867
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Barentin
Intercommunality Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
 • Mayor (2001 - 2008) Henri Gabrielli
Area1 20.33 km2 (7.85 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,153
 • Density 57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76020 /76480
Elevation 1–44 m (3.3–144.4 ft)
(avg. 15 m or 49 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.

Anneville-Ambourville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

Anneville-Ambourville is a quarrying and farming village situated in the Roumois, inside a meander of the river Seine, some 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Rouen near the junction of the D45 with the D64 road.

Heraldry

 The arms of Anneville-Ambourville are blazoned :
Gules, a bend wavy argent between 2 annulets Or, on a canton overall azure an axe argent.

Population

Historical population of Anneville-Ambourville
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population5395797658329869461153
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 thirteenth-century château d'Ambourville, known as the 'Templars manorhouse', with an octagonal dovecote.
  • The château des Girouettes (or the manor of the Grand-Hôtel) with a 17th-century dovecote and chapel.
  • The sixteenth-century Brescy manorhouse.
  • The Manor de La Cheminée Tournante, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • The church of St.Remi, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The sixteenth-century stone cross.

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