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Commune in Normandy, France
Tourville-la-Rivière
Commune
The town hall in Tourville-la-RivièreThe town hall in Tourville-la-Rivière
Coat of arms of Tourville-la-RivièreCoat 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 / 49.329; 1.106
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonCaudebec-lès-Elbeuf
IntercommunalityMétropole Rouen Normandie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Agnès Cercel
Area8 km (3 sq mi)
Population2,574
 • Density320/km (830/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code76705 /76410
Elevation2–82 m (6.6–269.0 ft)
(avg. 11 m or 36 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tourville-la-Rivière (French pronunciation: [tuʁvil la ʁivjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A 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

Arms of Tourville-la-Rivière
Arms of Tourville-la-Rivière
 The arms of the commune of Tourville-la-Rivière are blazoned :
Bendy argent and azure, a crowned lion gules between 3 escallops Or.



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
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

Places of interest

  • 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

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Communes of the Seine-Maritime department


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