Bihorel

Bihorel
Notre Dame des Anges Church and market in Bihorel
Bihorel
Location within Upper Normandy region  Bihorel
Coordinates: 49°27′19″N 1°07′01″E / 49.4553°N 1.1169°ECoordinates: 49°27′19″N 1°07′01″E / 49.4553°N 1.1169°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Bois-Guillaume
Intercommunality	CREA
Government
• Mayor (2008 -)	Gilbert Renard
Area^1	2.51 km^2 (0.97 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	8,664
• Density	3,500/km^2 (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

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	4072	7009	9382	10121	9358	9057	8664
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
• A seventeenth century manor house.

Notable people

• Jules Michelet (1798–1874) historian, stayed here many times.
• Charles Nicolle (1866–1936) scientist, had a house here.

Twin towns

• Uelzen, Germany
• Soar Valley, England
• Baix Camp, Spain
• Torgiano, Italy
• Wejherowo, Poland

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official websitel (French)
• Bihorel on the Quid website (French)