Déville-lès-Rouen
Déville-lès-Rouen (French pronunciation: [devil lɛ ʁwɑ̃], literally Déville near Rouen) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department of the Normandy region in north-western France.
Geography
A suburban light industrial town situated by the banks of the Cailly, some 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D 66 and the D 6015 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.
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Population
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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, born in Déville-lès-Rouen
- Tony Parker, basketball player. He went to school in Déville-lès-Rouen at Sainte-Marie college.
- Alfred Louis Delattre (1850–1932), archeologist, born in Déville-lès-Rouen
Twin towns
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Déville-lès-Rouen, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Déville-lès-Rouen.
- Independent website of Déville-lès-Rouen (in French)
- Official website (in French)