Quévreville-la-Poterie

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Quévreville-la-Poterie
Quévreville-la-Poterie
Coordinates: 49°21′19″N 1°11′27″E / 49.3553°N 1.1908°E / 49.3553; 1.1908Coordinates: 49°21′19″N 1°11′27″E / 49.3553°N 1.1908°E / 49.3553; 1.1908
Country France
Region Upper Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Boos
Intercommunality CREA
Government
 • Mayor (2001 - 2008) Maurice Le Floch
Area
 • Land1 4.68 km2 (1.81 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Population2 947
 • Population2 Density 200/km2 (520/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76514 / 76520
Elevation 40–156 m (131–512 ft)
(avg. 120 m or 390 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.

Quévreville-la-Poterie is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated some 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Rouen at the junction of the D13 and the D95 roads. The commune borders the department of Eure.

Heraldry

The arms of Quévreville-la-Poterie are blazoned :
Per fess vert and gules, 3 goats couchant (1st to dexter contourny, 2nd in center overlapping, 3rd smaller and to sinister chief), and a necked pot proper.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
203 205 573 816 1044 987 947
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century.
  • A medieval manorhouse.

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