Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray
| Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray | |
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Cultural centre "Le Rive Gauche" | |
  Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray | |
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Location within Upper Normandy region  Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray | |
| Coordinates: 49°22′43″N 1°06′18″E / 49.3786°N 1.105°ECoordinates: 49°22′43″N 1°06′18″E / 49.3786°N 1.105°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Upper Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, Sotteville-lès-Rouen-Est |
| Intercommunality | CREA |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008 - 2014) | Hubert Wulfranc |
| Area1 | 18.25 km2 (7.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 28,258 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76575 / 76800 |
| Elevation |
3–87 m (9.8–285.4 ft) (avg. 37 m or 121 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. | |
Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
Geography
The tramway at the Technopôle terminus
A large suburban town of light industry and forestry situated by the banks of the Seine, some 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the centre of Rouen on the D18 and the D18e roads. The commune is served by the Rouen Tramway.
Heraldry
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The arms of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray are blazoned : Gules, 2 leopards respectant Or, armed and langued azure, issuant from the sides of the field, and maintaining a toothed wheel, in base 3 barrulets wavy argent, and on a chief azure a crozier head Or between 2 sessile oaks argent, all issuant from the line of division. (Quercus petraea) |
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 25,833 | 34,713 | 37,242 | 32,444 | 30,731 | 29,092 | 28,258 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
Twin towns
Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray is twinned with Nordenham (Germany), Nova Kakhovka (Ukraine), and Gateshead, Tyne and Wear (UK).
Places of interest
- The sixteenth century church of St.Étienne.
- The church of St. Thérèse.
- The twentieth century church of Notre-Dame.
- "Le Rive Gauche" cultural centre.
- The Technopole at Madrillet.
- The fifteenth-century manorhouse du Madrillet, in the forest.
See also
- Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
- Seine-Maritime
- Normandy
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray. |
- Website about Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray (French)
- Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray on the Quid website (French)
