La Bouille
La Bouille | |
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![]() A general view of La Bouille | |
Coordinates: 49°21′04″N 0°55′55″E / 49.351°N 0.932°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Rouen |
Canton | Elbeuf |
Intercommunality | Métropole Rouen Normandie |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacques Meng[1] |
Area 1 | 1.27 km2 (0.49 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 710 |
• Density | 560/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76131 /76530 |
Elevation | 2–133 m (6.6–436.4 ft) (avg. 5 m or 16 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
La Bouille (French pronunciation: [la buj]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
Geography
[edit]A small village (in area) surrounded by woodland situated south of a meander of the river Seine, some 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Rouen, at the junction of the D 64, D 132 and the D 675 roads. A ferry service crosses the river to Sahurs.
Population
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4] |
Notable people
[edit]- Writer Hector Malot was born here in 1830.
- French actor Albert Lambert.
- La Bouille has been the subject of landscapes by Turner, Gauguin, Albert Lebourg, Robert Antoine Pinchon and Henri Vignet.
Places of interest
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- The church of Sainte-Madeleine, dating from the sixteenth century.
- A sixteenth century salt warehouse.
- Several lesser buildings dating from the thirteenth century.
- The Château Albert Lambert.
- The seventeenth-century château de l'Ermitage
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Bouille, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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