Sotteville-lès-Rouen

Sotteville-lès-Rouen
Sotteville-lès-Rouen

Coordinates: 49°24′33″N 1°05′24″E / 49.4092°N 1.09°E / 49.4092; 1.09Coordinates: 49°24′33″N 1°05′24″E / 49.4092°N 1.09°E / 49.4092; 1.09
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Intercommunality CREA
Government
  Mayor (2008 - 2014) Pierre Bourguignon (PS)
Area1 7.44 km2 (2.87 sq mi)
  Urban 448 km2 (173 sq mi)
  Metro (1999) 1,582.51 km2 (611.01 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 30,076
  Rank 251st in France
  Density 4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
  Urban (2006) 405,392
  Urban density 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
  Metro (1999) 518,316
  Metro density 330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC +1)
INSEE/Postal code 76681 / 
Website www.vivacite.com

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.

Sotteville-lès-Rouen is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

The largest suburb of the city of Rouen and adjacent to it, some 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D94 and the D18 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Sotteville-lès-Rouen are blazoned :
Per bend 1: Azure, a beehive within 7 bees in orle Or; 2: Vert, a Budicom locomotive Or; a bend gules fimbriated argent, and on a chief gules, a leopard Or armed and langued azure.

Transportation

The métro connects the commune with Rouen and Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.

The commune used to be a railway town in the days of the old Rouen tramway.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
33,443 34,495 31,659 30,558 29,544 29,553 30,076
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

People

See also

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