La Vaupalière

La Vaupalière
Commune
La Vaupalière
Location within Normandy region La Vaupalière
Coordinates: 49°29′19″N 0°59′45″E / 49.4886°N 0.9958°E / 49.4886; 0.9958Coordinates: 49°29′19″N 0°59′45″E / 49.4886°N 0.9958°E / 49.4886; 0.9958
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville
Government
• Mayor	Daniel Delalonde
Area¹	8.0 km² (3.1 sq mi)
Population (2006)²	1,009
• Density	130/km² (330/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	76728 /76150
Elevation	50–138 m (164–453 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.

La Vaupalière is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A village of forestry, farming and a little light industry, situated some 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Rouen, at the junction of the D267, D43 and the D94 roads. The A151 autoroute passes through the commune’s south-eastern section.

Population

Historical population of La Vaupalière
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	512	555	668	845	902	1026	1009
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. Léonard, dating from the sixteenth century.
A manor house called the chateau of Parquet, from the seventeenth century.

References

INSEE

External links

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La Vaupalière on the Quid website (in French)

Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

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