Houppeville

Houppeville
Houppeville
Location within Upper Normandy region  Houppeville
Coordinates: 49°30′48″N 1°04′49″E / 49.5133°N 1.0803°ECoordinates: 49°30′48″N 1°04′49″E / 49.5133°N 1.0803°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville
Intercommunality	CREA
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Thierry Chevrier
Area^1	20.8 km^2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	2,437
• Density	120/km^2 (300/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76367 / 76770
Elevation	39–169 m (128–554 ft) (avg. 154 m or 505 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.

Houppeville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A large village of forestry and farming, surrounded by woodland and situated just 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the centre of Rouen, at the junction of the D90, D121 and the D321 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Houppeville are blazoned : Or, on a bend gules a leopard and a fleur-de-lys of the field, overall a tree eradicated vert.

Population

Historical population of Houppeville

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	877	1112	1346	1901	2378	2405	2437
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 eleventh century.
• The Arboretum de Forêt Verte

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Unofficial website of the commune (French)
• Houppeville on the Quid website (French)