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Grand-Quevilly

Le Grand-Quevilly [lə ɡʁɑ̃ kəviji, keviji] is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

The town is third largest suburb of Rouen, a port with considerable light industry situated just 3 miles (5 kilometres) southwest of the centre of Rouen, at the junction of the D 3, D 492 and the D 338 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,241—    
1800 1,235−0.07%
1806 1,278+0.57%
1821 1,460+0.89%
1831 1,578+0.78%
1836 1,440−1.81%
1841 1,585+1.94%
1846 1,598+0.16%
1851 1,555−0.54%
1856 1,557+0.03%
1861 1,548−0.12%
1866 1,519−0.38%
1872 1,613+1.01%
1876 1,618+0.08%
1881 1,731+1.36%
1886 1,813+0.93%
1891 1,773−0.45%
1896 2,132+3.76%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 2,048−0.80%
1906 2,209+1.53%
1911 2,458+2.16%
1921 4,120+5.30%
1926 6,264+8.74%
1931 7,683+4.17%
1936 8,942+3.08%
1946 9,857+0.98%
1954 13,565+4.07%
1962 18,727+4.11%
1968 25,611+5.36%
1975 31,963+3.22%
1982 31,650−0.14%
1990 27,658−1.67%
1999 26,679−0.40%
2007 26,162−0.24%
2012 24,563−1.25%
2017 25,698+0.91%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Heraldry

Arms of Grand-Quevilly
Arms of Grand-Quevilly
the arms of Grand-Quevilly are blazoned :
Gules, on a fess sable an escallop between two crosses bottony fitchy argent; all between a leopard Or armed and langued azure and the point of queville Or.



Places of interest

  • The Zénith de Rouen concert hall.
  • The fifteenth-century manor house at Grand Aulnay.
  • The church of Saint-Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.

International relations

Le Grand-Quevilly is twinned with:

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Grand-Quevilly, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ (in French) grandquevilly.fr
  6. ^ "Hinckley, UK - Grand-Quevilly, France twinning". Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council. Retrieved 2013-07-14.