Jumièges

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Coordinates: 49°26′04″N 0°49′17″E / 49.4344444444, 0.821388888889

Commune of Jumièges The ruins of the abbey of Jumièges still exemplify the Romanesque style of architecture.
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Haute-Normandie
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Duclair
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Seine-Austreberthe
Mayor	Joëlle Tétard (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	0 m–83 m (avg. 8 m)
Land area¹	18,75 km²
Population² (1999)	1714
- Density	91/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	76378/ 76480
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Jumièges is a commune of the Seine-Maritime département, in Normandy, France.

[edit] Jumièges Abbey

It is best known as the site of Jumièges Abbey, a typical Anglo-Norman abbey of the Romanesque period, and the home of the pro-Norman chronicler William of Jumièges who wrote the Gesta Normannorum Ducum about 1070. Now ruined, the abbey dates from 1067, when it was consecrated in the presence of William the Conqueror.

see main article Jumièges Abbey