Ouville-l'Abbaye

Ouville-l’Abbaye
Commune
The church in Ouville-l'Abbaye
Ouville-l’Abbaye
Location within Normandy region
Ouville-l’Abbaye
Coordinates: 49°41′44″N 0°51′43″E / 49.6956°N 0.8619°E / 49.6956; 0.8619Coordinates: 49°41′44″N 0°51′43″E / 49.6956°N 0.8619°E / 49.6956; 0.8619
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Yvetot
Intercommunality CC Plateau de Caux-Doudeville-Yerville
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Olivier Leconte
Area1 7.31 km2 (2.82 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 616
 • Density 84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76491 /76760
Elevation 134–173 m (440–568 ft)
(avg. 165 m or 541 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.

Ouville-l’Abbaye 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 27 miles (43 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D55 and the D67 roads.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
232285405483602553616
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • The ruins of the seventeenth century abbey.
  • Outline of a Roman villa.
  • A château in Louis XV style, with many dependant buildings.
  • The medieval manorhouse of Mont-de-Bourg.
  • Several sixteenth century buildings.

See also

References


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