Tourville-la-Rivière

Tourville-la-Rivière
Commune
The town hall in Tourville-la-Rivière

Coat of arms
Tourville-la-Rivière
Location within Normandy region
Tourville-la-Rivière
Coordinates: 49°19′44″N 1°06′22″E / 49.329°N 1.106°E / 49.329; 1.106Coordinates: 49°19′44″N 1°06′22″E / 49.329°N 1.106°E / 49.329; 1.106
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Intercommunality Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
  Mayor (2008 - 2014) Noël Levillain
Area1 8 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 2,350
  Density 290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76705 /76410
Elevation 2–82 m (6.6–269.0 ft)
(avg. 11 m or 36 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.

Tourville-la-Rivière is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A small farming and light industrial town situated by the banks of the Seine, some 9 miles (14 km) south of Rouen at the junction of the D144, D7 and the D13 roads.
Junction 21 of the A13 autoroute is within the commune’s borders. SNCF operates a TER rail service to the town. A huge new shopping centre was opened here in 2006.

Heraldry

The arms of the commune of Tourville-la-Rivière are blazoned :
Bendy argent and azure, a crowned lion gules between 3 escallops Or.

Population

Historical population of Tourville-la-Rivière
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population953110214191828188622802350
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The shopping centre.
  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The seventeenth-century chateau of Tourville at Bédane, with a dovecote built in 1691 and a 15th-century chapel.
  • A seventeenth-century stone cross.
  • A Roman necropolis of 150 to 200 tombs with pottery and coins all discovered during the building of the SNCF railway.

See also

References


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