Sotteville-lès-Rouen | |
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) The church in Sotteville-lès-Rouen | |
) Coat of arms | |
Location of Sotteville-lès-Rouen  | |
)  Sotteville-lès-Rouen ) Sotteville-lès-Rouen | |
| Coordinates: 49°24′33″N 1°05′24″E / 49.4092°N 1.09°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Le Petit-Quevilly, Sotteville-lès-Rouen |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Rouen Normandie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Luce Pane (PS) |
| Area 1 | 7.44 km2 (2.87 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2017)[1] | 28,965 |
| • Density | 3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76681 / |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Sotteville-lès-Rouen is a commune and Railway town in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
It is the largest suburb of the city of Rouen and adjacent to it, some 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D94 and the D18 roads.
Heraldry
) | The arms of Sotteville-lès-Rouen are blazoned : Per bend 1: Azure, a beehive within 7 bees in orle Or; 2: Vert, a Budicom locomotive Or; a bend gules fimbriated argent, and on a chief gules, a leopard Or armed and langued azure.
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Transportation
The métro connects the commune with Rouen and Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.
The commune used to be a railway town in the days of the old Rouen tramway.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 34,495 | — |
| 1975 | 31,659 | −1.22% |
| 1982 | 30,558 | −0.50% |
| 1990 | 29,544 | −0.42% |
| 1999 | 29,553 | +0.00% |
| 2007 | 30,392 | +0.35% |
| 2012 | 28,622 | −1.19% |
| 2017 | 28,965 | +0.24% |
| Source: INSEE[2] | ||
Places of interest
- The three churches of Notre-Dame, St. Vincent and Notre-Dame, all dating from the twentieth century.
People
- René Alix (1907–1966), choral conductor and composer
- Jacques Anquetil (1934–1987), racing cyclist, started his career here with AC Sotteville.
- Anny Duperey (1947-), comedian, lives here.
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
Bibliography
- L. Leroy, D. Andrieu et J.-F. Glabik, Sotteville, une vie, éd. Maison pour Tous, 1989 ; 1991 ISBN 2-909094-00-6
- Guy Pessiot, Histoire de l’agglomération rouennaise : la rive gauche, éd. du P’tit Normand, 1990 ISBN 978-2-906258-22-8
External links
- (in French) Official commune website