Bihorel

Bihorel

Notre Dame des Anges Church and market in Bihorel
Bihorel

Coordinates: 49°27′19″N 1°07′01″E / 49.4553°N 1.1169°E / 49.4553; 1.1169Coordinates: 49°27′19″N 1°07′01″E / 49.4553°N 1.1169°E / 49.4553; 1.1169
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Bois-Guillaume
Intercommunality CREA
Government
  Mayor (2008 -) Gilbert Renard
Area1 2.51 km2 (0.97 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 8,664
  Density 3,500/km2 (8,900/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76095 / 76420
Elevation 80–167 m (262–548 ft)
(avg. 157 m or 515 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bihorel is a commune of the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. 1 January 2012 is started to merge with Bois-Guillaume, but the merge was cancelled in January 2014.

Geography

A suburban and light industrial town forming part of the conglomeration of Rouen, situated at the junction of the D243 and the D443 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Bihorel are blazoned :
Gules, a bend sinister between in chief a beehive and in base 2 leopards Or, and on a chief azure a knight contourny between an archer contourny and 2 soccer players contourny the sinister one with a ball at his foot, Or.

Population

Historical population of Bihorel
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population40727009938210121935890578664
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

Notable people

Twin towns

See also

References

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