Le Grand-Quevilly

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Le Grand-Quevilly
Le Grand-Quevilly
Coordinates: 49°24′26″N 1°03′11″E / 49.4072°N 1.0531°E / 49.4072; 1.0531Coordinates: 49°24′26″N 1°03′11″E / 49.4072°N 1.0531°E / 49.4072; 1.0531
Country France
Region Upper Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Grand-Couronne
Intercommunality CREA
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Marc Massion
Area
 • Land1 11.11 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Population2 26,497
 • Population2 Density 2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76322 / 76120
Elevation 1–68 m (3.3–223.1 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.

Le Grand-Quevilly [lə ɡʁɑ̃ keviji] is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

The town is third largest suburb of Rouen, a port with considerable light industry and oil refineries situated just 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of the centre of Rouen, at the junction of the D3, D492 and the D338 roads.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Twin towns – Sister cities

Le Grand-Quevilly is twinned with:

Population

Historical population of Le Grand-Quevilly
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population18,50425,61131,96331,65027,65826,67926,497
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Heraldry

the arms of Grand-Quevilly are blazoned :
Gules, on a fess sable an escallop between two crosses bottony fitchy argent; all between a leopard Or armed and langued azure and the point of queville Or.

Places of interest

  • The ‘Zénith de Rouen’ concert hall.
  • The fifteenth-century manor house at Grand Aulnay.
  • The church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.


Notable people

  • Laurent Fabius, politician.
  • Franck Dubosc, actor and comedian.
  • Philippe Torreton, actor and politician

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hinckley, UK - Grand-Quevilly, France twinning". Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council. Retrieved 2013-07-14. 
  2. ↑ Twinning with Le Grand Quevilly {fr}

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