Tourville-sur-Arques
Appearance
Tourville-sur-Arques | |
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The church in Tourville-sur-Arques | |
Coordinates: 49°51′32″N 1°06′08″E / 49.8589°N 1.1022°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Dieppe |
Canton | Dieppe-1 |
Intercommunality | CA Région Dieppoise |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Yoann Collin[1] |
Area 1 | 5.9 km2 (2.3 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,193 |
• Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76707 /76550 |
Elevation | 20–113 m (66–371 ft) (avg. 105 m or 344 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Tourville-sur-Arques (French pronunciation: [tuʁvil syʁ aʁk], literally Tourville on Arques) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
[edit]A farming village situated by the banks of the river Scie in the Pays de Caux, some 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D254, D70 and the D23 roads.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 687 | — |
1975 | 750 | +1.26% |
1982 | 877 | +2.26% |
1990 | 1,012 | +1.81% |
1999 | 1,080 | +0.73% |
2007 | 1,176 | +1.07% |
2012 | 1,235 | +0.98% |
2017 | 1,234 | −0.02% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Places of interest
[edit]- The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The sixteenth-century château of Miromesnil, with its park and gardens.
People
[edit]- Guy de Maupassant, French writer, was born at the château in 1850.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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