Oissel

Oissel
Oissel
Location within Upper Normandy region  Oissel
Coordinates: 49°20′33″N 1°05′32″E / 49.3425°N 01.0922°ECoordinates: 49°20′33″N 1°05′32″E / 49.3425°N 01.0922°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray
Intercommunality	CREA
Government
• Mayor (2008 - 2014)	Thierry Foucaud
Area^1	22.19 km^2 (8.57 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	11,611
• Density	520/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76484 / 76350
Elevation	2–128 m (6.6–419.9 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 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.

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

Geography

A suburban and light industrial town situated by the banks of the river Seine, just 8 miles (13 km) south of Rouen at the junction of the D18 and the D13 roads. Junction 22 of the A13 autoroute is entirely within the commune’s borders. SNCF operates a TER rail service here.

Heraldry

The arms of Oissel are blazoned : Per pale argent and azure, a half-filled alembic gules and a garb Or, and on a chief gules, a leopard Or, armed and langued azure.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
9936	9949	10,501	11,712	11,444	11,053	11,611
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

People

• Daniel Horlaville, footballer born in 1945.
• Raoul Grimoin-Sanson (1860–1941), cinematographic inventor.
• Grégory Tafforeau, footballer born in 1976.
• Thierry Foucaud, 1954-, Politician.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The sixteenth century manorhouse, the Manoir de La Chapelle.
• The Dambray Pavillon, from the seventeenth century.
• The Château de La Perreuse.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Oissel official website (French)
• Pictures of Oissel, the photoblog of an osselien.
• Oissel on the Quid website (French)