Pavilly

Pavilly
The castle Château d'Esneval
Pavilly
Location within Upper Normandy region  Pavilly
Coordinates: 49°34′09″N 0°57′16″E / 49.5692°N 0.9544°ECoordinates: 49°34′09″N 0°57′16″E / 49.5692°N 0.9544°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Pavilly
Government
• Mayor	Claude Lemesle
Area^1	14.19 km^2 (5.48 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	6,158
• Density	430/km^2 (1,100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76495 / 76570
Elevation	50–166 m (164–545 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 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.

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

Geography

A town of farming and light industry situated by the banks of the Austreberthe River in the Pays de Caux, some 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D4, D142, D22 and the D67 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Pavilly are blazoned : Quarterly 1: Azure, a cross fleurdelysée Or; 2: Sable, a crozier reversed Or, over which a wolf couchant argent; 3: Sable, a bee argent; and 4: paly Or and azure, a chief gules.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
4276	5024	5593	5442	5729	6140	6158
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The chapel of Sainte Austreberthe, all that remains of the thirteenth century priory that was originally founded by Philibert of Jumièges.
• The fourteenth-century château Esneval, built on the foundations of a feudal castle.

People

• Saint Austrebertha, born at Thérouanne (Pas-de-Calais) in 633, died at Pavilly on February 10 704. She was the first abbess at the convent of Pavilly.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official town website (French)
• Pavilly on the Quid website (French)