Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville
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  Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville | |
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Location within Upper Normandy region  Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville | |
| Coordinates: 49°26′39″N 0°57′46″E / 49.4442°N 0.9628°ECoordinates: 49°26′39″N 0°57′46″E / 49.4442°N 0.9628°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Duclair |
| Intercommunality | Seine-Austreberthe |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Hubert Saint |
| Area1 | 12.91 km2 (4.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 1,497 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76614 / 76840 |
| Elevation |
2–134 m (6.6–439.6 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 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-Martin-de-Boscherville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
Geography
A residential village situated by the banks of the river Seine, some 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Rouen at the junction of the D67, D267 and the D982 roads.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 875 | 970 | 1191 | 1389 | 1551 | 1504 | 1497 |
| 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 abbey church
- The abbey church of St. Georges, dating from the twelfth century.
- twelfth century vestiges of the abbey (cloisters and halls etc.)
- Ancient wood framed houses.
- The thirteenth century Templars manorhouse at Genetay.
- Ruins of the old castle of Genetay.
- The sixteenth century chapel of St. Gorgon.
People
- Jean-Pierre Aumer, ballet choreographer, died here in 1833
- Louis Fabulet, translator of the works of Rudyard Kipling lived here.
- The marriage of musician David Hallyday and model Estelle Lefébure took place here in 1989
- Jean Lecanuet, politician, is buried in the abbey
Twin towns
See also
- Saint-Georges de Boscherville Abbey
- Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
- Seine-Maritime
- Normandy
References
Bibliography
- Gilbert Fromager, Le Canton de Duclair à l'aube du XXe siècle, Duclair, 1986 ISBN|2-9501653-0-3
- Gilbert Fromager, Le Canton de Duclair 1925-1950, Duclair, 1993 ISBN|2-9501653-1-1
- Le Patrimoine des communes de la Seine-Maritime, tome 1, éditions Flohic, 1997 ISBN|2-84234-017-5
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville. |
- Article and photos of the abbey of Boscherville (French)
- Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville on the Quid website (French)
- The abbey at the Circulo Romanico
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