Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray

Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray
Cultural centre "Le Rive Gauche"
Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray
Location within Upper Normandy region  Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray
Coordinates: 49°22′43″N 1°06′18″E / 49.3786°N 1.105°ECoordinates: 49°22′43″N 1°06′18″E / 49.3786°N 1.105°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, Sotteville-lès-Rouen-Est
Intercommunality	CREA
Government
• Mayor (2008 - 2014)	Hubert Wulfranc
Area^1	18.25 km^2 (7.05 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	28,258
• Density	1,500/km^2 (4,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76575 / 76800
Elevation	3–87 m (9.8–285.4 ft) (avg. 37 m or 121 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.

Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

The tramway at the Technopôle terminus

A large suburban town of light industry and forestry situated by the banks of the Seine, some 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the centre of Rouen on the D18 and the D18e roads. The commune is served by the Rouen Tramway.

Heraldry

The arms of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray are blazoned : Gules, 2 leopards respectant Or, armed and langued azure, issuant from the sides of the field, and maintaining a toothed wheel, in base 3 barrulets wavy argent, and on a chief azure a crozier head Or between 2 sessile oaks argent, all issuant from the line of division. (Quercus petraea)

Population

Historical population of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	25,833	34,713	37,242	32,444	30,731	29,092	28,258
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Twin towns

Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray is twinned with Nordenham (Germany), Nova Kakhovka (Ukraine), and Gateshead, Tyne and Wear (UK).

Places of interest

• The sixteenth century church of St.Étienne.
• The church of St. Thérèse.
• The twentieth century church of Notre-Dame.
• "Le Rive Gauche" cultural centre.
• The Technopole at Madrillet.
• The fifteenth-century manorhouse du Madrillet, in the forest.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Website about Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray (French)
• Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray on the Quid website (French)