Orival, Seine-Maritime

Orival
Commune
The church in Orival

Coat of arms
Orival
Location within Normandy region
Orival
Coordinates: 49°18′46″N 0°59′51″E / 49.3128°N 0.9975°E / 49.3128; 0.9975Coordinates: 49°18′46″N 0°59′51″E / 49.3128°N 0.9975°E / 49.3128; 0.9975
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Elbeuf
Intercommunality Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
 • Mayor (2001 - 2008) Jean-Louis Tailleux
Area1 9.55 km2 (3.69 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 990
 • Density 100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76486 /76500
Elevation 2–131 m (6.6–429.8 ft)
(avg. 17 m or 56 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.

Orival is a commune in the Seine-Maritime departement in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A village surrounded by woodland and situated by the banks and cliffs of the river Seine, just 12 miles (19 km) south of Rouen at the junction of the D938, D64 and the D132 roads.

History

The history of the town goes back to Neolithic times, as proved by the finds of stone-age tools and mammoth bones in the numerous large caves and the cliffs of the area.
The Romans also left traces of their passing, with the remains of a fanum visible on one of the hills.
King Richard I of England (the Lion Heart) was very active in the region, erecting a castle here in 1195. His brother John of England (known as John Lackland), could not hold on to the territory and the building was already a ruin by 1203.

Heraldry

 The arms of Orival are blazoned :
Azure, a base azure, on which a mount from which issuant a tower argent and 2 trees proper, and on a chief gules a leopard Or.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
11001164113292610041071990
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Georges, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • The ruins of the thirteenth century castle of Roche-Fouet.

See also

References


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