Tourville-sur-Arques
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Tourville-sur-Arques | |
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Tourville-sur-Arques | |
Location within Upper Normandy region Tourville-sur-Arques | |
Coordinates: 49°51′32″N 1°06′08″E / 49.8589°N 1.1022°ECoordinates: 49°51′32″N 1°06′08″E / 49.8589°N 1.1022°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Upper Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Dieppe |
Canton | Offranville |
Intercommunality | Dieppe |
Government | |
• Mayor (2007–2008) | André Degardin |
Area | |
• Land1 | 5.9 km2 (2.3 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Population2 | 1,185 |
• Population2 Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76707 / 76550 |
Elevation |
20–113 m (66–371 ft) (avg. 105 m or 344 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. |
Tourville-sur-Arques is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
Geography
A farming village situated by the banks of the river Scie in the Pays de Caux, some 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D254, D70 and the D23 roads.
Population
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 651 | 687 | 750 | 877 | 1012 | 1080 | 1185 |
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |
Places of interest
- The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The sixteenth-century chateau of Miromesnil, with its park and gardens.
People
- Guy de Maupassant, French writer, was born at the chateau in 1850.
See also
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