Bihorel

Bihorel
Bihorel 006 place eglise 2006.JPG
Notre Dame des Anges Church and market in Bihorel
Bihorel
Administration
Country France
Region Upper Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Bois-Guillaume
Intercommunality CREA
Mayor Pascal Houbron
(2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation 80–167 m (260–548 ft)
(avg. 157 m/515 ft)
Land area1 2.51 km2 (0.97 sq mi)
Population2 8,664  (2006)
 - Density 3,452 /km2 (8,940 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76095/ 76420
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.

Bihorel is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

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Geography

A suburban and light industrial town forming part of the conglomeration of Rouen, situated at the junction of the D243 and the D443 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Bihorel are blazoned :
Gules, a bend sinister between in chief a beehive and in base 2 leopards Or, and on a chief azure a knight contourny between an archer contourny and 2 soccer players contourny the sinister one with a ball at his foot, Or.

Population

Historical population of Bihorel
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Population 4072 7009 9382 10121 9358 9057 8664
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

Notable people

Twin towns

See also

References

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