Pavilly

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

Pavilly
Commune
The castle Château d'Esneval
Coat of arms
Location of Pavilly
Pavilly
Pavilly
Coordinates: 49°34′09″N 0°57′16″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonNotre-Dame-de-Bondeville
Government
 • MayorClaude Lemesle
Area
1
14.19 km2 (5.48 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
6,308
 • Density440/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76495 /76570
Elevation50–166 m (164–545 ft)
(avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A town of farming and light industry situated by the banks of the Austreberthe River in the Pays de Caux, some 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D4, D142, D22 and the D67 roads.

Heraldry
Arms of Pavilly
 The arms of Pavilly are blazoned :
Quarterly 1: Azure, a cross fleurdelysée Or; 2: Sable, a crozier reversed Or, over which a wolf couchant argent; 3: Sable, a bee argent; and 4: paly Or and azure, a chief gules.

Population
Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
4276502455935442572961406158
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest
  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The chapel of Sainte Austreberthe, all that remains of the thirteenth century priory that was founded by Philibert of Jumièges.
  • The fourteenth-century château Esneval, built on the foundations of a feudal castle.

People
  • Saint Austrebertha, born at Thérouanne (Pas-de-Calais) in 633, died at Pavilly on February 10 704. She was the first abbess at the convent of Pavilly.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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