Déville-lès-Rouen

Déville-lès-Rouen
Déville-lès-Rouen
Location within Upper Normandy region  Déville-lès-Rouen
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Mont-Saint-Aignan
Intercommunality	CREA
Mayor	Dominique Gambier
Statistics
Elevation	4–135 m (13–443 ft) (avg. 17 m/56 ft)
Land area1	3.16 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Population2	10,520  (2006)
- Density	3,329 /km2 (8,620 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76216/ 76250
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.

Coordinates: 49°28′12″N 1°03′00″E / 49.470°N 1.050°E / 49.470; 1.050

Déville-lès-Rouen is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department of the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A suburban light industrial town situated by the banks of the Cailly River, some 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D66 and the D6015 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Déville-lès-Rouen are blazoned : Azure, a Norman manor argent masoned sable overall a crozier Or, over that (and above the manor) a lamb reguardant haloed argent, and a base wavy azure [waves], and on a chief gules, a toothed wheel Or between 2 pairs of shuttles each pair in saltire argent.

Population

Historical population of Déville-lès-Rouen

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
8643	9622	11,745	11,136	10,521	10,444	10,520
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The ruins of a Rouen bishop's manor house dating from the thirteenth century.
• A sixteenth century stone cross.

Notable people

• Pierre Bérégovoy (1925–1993), politician, was born here.
• Tony Parker, basketball player, went to school here at Sainte-Marie college.
• Alfred Louis Delattre (1850–1932), archeologist, was born here.

Twin towns

• Bargteheide, Germany
• Carmignano, Italy
• Syston, England

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Independent website of Déville-lès-Rouen (French)
• Official website (French)
• Déville-lès-Rouen on the Quid website (French)