Ry, Seine-Maritime

Ry
Commune
The church in Ry
Ry
Location within Normandy region
Ry
Coordinates: 49°28′19″N 1°20′40″E / 49.4719°N 1.3444°E / 49.4719; 1.3444Coordinates: 49°28′19″N 1°20′40″E / 49.4719°N 1.3444°E / 49.4719; 1.3444
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Le Mesnil-Esnard
Intercommunality Plateau de Martainville
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Pierre Auzou
Area1 5.71 km2 (2.20 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 709
 • Density 120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76548 /76116
Elevation 68–157 m (223–515 ft)
(avg. 75 m or 246 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.

Ry (pronounced [ʁi]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the small river Crevon, some 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Rouen at the junction of the D12, D13, D62 and the D93 roads.

The village of Yonville in Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary is traditionally held to have been based on Ry.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
522527525544610605709
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

The church porch
  • The church of St. Sulpice, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The eighteenth century Château de Vascoeuil.
  • The automaton museum.

See also

References

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