Tourville-la-Rivière (French pronunciation: [tuʁvil la ʁivjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
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 The town hall in Tourville-la-Rivière | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Tourville-la-Rivière  | |
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| Coordinates: 49°19′44″N 1°06′22″E / 49.329°N 1.106°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Rouen Normandie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Agnès Cercel[1] |
| Area 1 | 8 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,568 |
| • Density | 320/km2 (830/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76705 /76410 |
| Elevation | 2–82 m (6.6–269.0 ft) (avg. 11 m or 36 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editA small farming and light industrial town situated by the banks of the Seine, some 9 miles (14 km) south of Rouen at the junction of the D144, D7 and the D13 roads.
Junction 21 of the A13 autoroute is within the commune's borders. SNCF operates a TER rail service to the town. A huge new shopping centre was opened here in 2006.
Heraldry
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The arms of the commune of Tourville-la-Rivière are blazoned : Bendy argent and azure, a crowned lion gules between 3 escallops Or.
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Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,102 | — |
| 1975 | 1,419 | +3.68% |
| 1982 | 1,828 | +3.68% |
| 1990 | 1,886 | +0.39% |
| 1999 | 2,280 | +2.13% |
| 2007 | 2,287 | +0.04% |
| 2012 | 2,474 | +1.58% |
| 2017 | 2,501 | +0.22% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Places of interest
edit- The shopping centre.
- The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The seventeenth-century chateau of Tourville at Bédane, with a dovecote built in 1691 and a 15th-century chapel.
- A seventeenth-century stone cross.
- A Roman necropolis of 150 to 200 tombs with pottery and coins all discovered during the building of the SNCF railway.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tourville-la-Rivière.
- The shopping centre website (in French)
- Official town website (in French)