Le Grand-Quevilly

Le Grand-Quevilly
Le Grand-Quevilly
Location within Upper Normandy region  Le Grand-Quevilly
Coordinates: 49°24′26″N 1°03′11″E / 49.4072°N 1.0531°ECoordinates: 49°24′26″N 1°03′11″E / 49.4072°N 1.0531°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Grand-Couronne
Intercommunality	CREA
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Marc Massion
Area^1	11.11 km^2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	26,497
• Density	2,400/km^2 (6,200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76322 / 76120
Elevation	1–68 m (3.3–223.1 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.

Le Grand-Quevilly [lə ɡʁɑ̃ keviji] is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

The town is third largest suburb of Rouen, a port with considerable light industry and oil refineries situated just 3 miles (5 kilometres) southwest of the centre of Rouen, at the junction of the D3, D492 and the D338 roads.

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Le Grand-Quevilly is twinned with:

• Hinckley, United Kingdom^[1][2]
• Ness Ziona, Israel

Population

Historical population of Le Grand-Quevilly

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	18,504	25,611	31,963	31,650	27,658	26,679	26,497
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Heraldry

the arms of Grand-Quevilly are blazoned : Gules, on a fess sable an escallop between two crosses bottony fitchy argent; all between a leopard Or armed and langued azure and the point of queville Or.

Places of interest

• The ‘Zénith de Rouen’ concert hall.
• The fifteenth-century manor house at Grand Aulnay.
• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.

Notable people

• Laurent Fabius, politician.
• Franck Dubosc, actor and comedian.
• Philippe Torreton, actor and politician

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

1. "Hinckley, UK - Grand-Quevilly, France twinning". Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
2. Twinning with Le Grand Quevilly (French)

External links

• Official website (French)
• Le Grand-Quevilly on the Quid website (French)