Petit-Couronne
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  Petit-Couronne | ||
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Location within Upper Normandy region  Petit-Couronne | ||
| Coordinates: 49°23′11″N 1°01′42″E / 49.3864°N 1.0283°ECoordinates: 49°23′11″N 1°01′42″E / 49.3864°N 1.0283°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Upper Normandy | |
| Department | Seine-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Rouen | |
| Canton | Grand-Couronne | |
| Intercommunality | CREA | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008 - 2014) | Dominique Randon | |
| Area1 | 12.8 km2 (4.9 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 8,775 | |
| • Density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76497 / 76650 | |
| Elevation |
2–108 m (6.6–354.3 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 ft) | |
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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. | ||
Petit-Couronne is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
Geography
A port town of oil refineries, light industry and forestry situated by the banks of the Seine, just 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D3 and the N338 roads.
Coat of arms
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The arms of Petit-Couronne are blazoned : Azure, an anchor argent surmounted by 2 torches in saltire Or, and on a chief wavy azure fimbriatd argent, 3 lions heads erased gules. (created 1986) |
Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| 3901 | 4861 | 5686 | 6340 | 8122 | 8621 | 8775 |
| Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates | ||||||
Places of interest
- Menhirs from pre-Roman times.
- The church of St.Aubin, dating from the seventeenth century.
- The sixteenth-century house of writer Pierre Corneille, now a museum.
- Several 17th/18th-century houses and a dovecote.
People
- Pierre Corneille, writer, poet and dramatist once lived here.
- Marcelly, full name Marcel Jules Turmel, Music-hall singer (1882-1966)
- Germaine Beaumont, writer and journalist, was born here.
Twin towns
See also
- Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
- Seine-Maritime
- Normandy
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Petit-Couronne. |
- Official town website (French)
- Website of the Museum of Pierre Corneille (French)
- Petit-Couronne on the Quid website (French)
