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.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,700 —     1800 1,550 −1.31% 1806 1,785 +2.38% 1821 2,706 +2.81% 1831 3,185 +1.64% 1836 3,916 +4.22% 1841 3,766 −0.78% 1846 3,887 +0.63% 1851 3,884 −0.02% 1856 3,816 −0.35% 1861 3,925 +0.56% 1866 4,583 +3.15% 1872 4,500 −0.30% 1876 4,458 −0.23% 1881 5,114 +2.78% 1886 5,281 +0.64% 1891 5,264 −0.06% 1896 5,653 +1.44%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 6,206 +1.88% 1906 6,567 +1.14% 1911 6,887 +0.96% 1921 6,964 +0.11% 1926 7,139 +0.50% 1931 7,403 +0.73% 1936 7,567 +0.44% 1946 7,508 −0.08% 1954 8,037 +0.85% 1962 8,643 +0.91% 1968 9,622 +1.80% 1975 11,745 +2.89% 1982 11,136 −0.76% 1990 10,521 −0.71% 1999 10,441 −0.08% 2007 10,413 −0.03% 2012 10,272 −0.27% 2017 10,492 +0.42%
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Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

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

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

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department