Bourville

Bourville
Commune
The church in Bourville
Bourville
Location within Normandy region
Bourville
Coordinates: 49°47′44″N 0°49′15″E / 49.7956°N 0.8208°E / 49.7956; 0.8208Coordinates: 49°47′44″N 0°49′15″E / 49.7956°N 0.8208°E / 49.7956; 0.8208
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Dieppe
Canton Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Intercommunality CC Côte d'Albâtre
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Didier Boullard
Area1 6.61 km2 (2.55 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 298
 • Density 45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76134 /76740
Elevation 63–114 m (207–374 ft)
(avg. 90 m or 300 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.

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

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D108 and the D237 roads.

Population

Historical population of Bourville
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population409433373410318313298
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. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The seventeenth-century chateau de Tonneville.
  • The seventeenth-century church at Tonneville.

Notable people

  • Actor Bourvil (André Raimbourg) spent all his childhood in the village and its name inspired his stage name.

See also

References


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