La Londe

Not to be confused with La Londe-les-Maures.

La Londe (French pronunciation: [la lɔ̃d]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. It was first mentioned in historical records in 1170.

La Londe
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of La Londe
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Coordinates: 49°18′22″N 0°57′11″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Elbeuf
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Jaouen
Area 1	30.98 km2 (11.96 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,362
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76391 /76500
Elevation	20–138 m (66–453 ft) (avg. 128 m or 420 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated some 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Rouen, at the junction of the D132 and the D38 roads. The commune borders the department of the Eure.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,423	—
1975	1,672	+2.33%
1982	1,738	+0.55%
1990	1,900	+1.12%
1999	2,007	+0.61%
2007	2,222	+1.28%
2012	2,274	+0.46%
2017	2,334	+0.52%
Source: INSEE

Toponymy

Lunda around 1170. There are more than 100 place-names la Londe in Normandy. It means "the wood, the grove". It derives from Old Norse lundr "grove".

Places of interest

«Le bûcheron de la forêt de La Londe», sculpted by Paul Richer in 1899

• A memorial to the Canadian soldiers that liberated the town in August 1944.
• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
• A seventeenth-century château.
• A stone cross from the sixteenth century.
• Some Roman ruins.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

External links

• Official commune website (in French)