Jumièges

Jumièges
Jumièges
Administration
Country France
Region Upper Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Duclair
Intercommunality Seine-Austreberthe
Mayor Joëlle Tétard
(2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation 0–83 m (0–272 ft)
(avg. 8 m/26 ft)
Land area1 18.75 km2 (7.24 sq mi)
Population2 1,736  (2006)
 - Density 93 /km2 (240 /sq mi)
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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in a meander of the river Seine, some 13 miles (21 km) west of Rouen, at the junction of the D65 and the D143 roads. A ferry service operates here, connecting the commune with the south and west sides of the river.

Heraldry

The arms of Jumièges are blazoned :
Azure, a cross Or between 4 keys addorsed argent.

Population

Historical population of Jumièges
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Population 1214 1305 1474 1634 1541 1714 1736
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

Jumièges Abbey

It is best known as the site of Jumièges Abbey, a typical 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.

People linked with the commune

See also

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