Le Grand-Quevilly [lə ɡʁɑ̃ kəviji, keviji] is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Le Grand-Quevilly
Commune
The town hall in Le Grand-Quevilly
Coat of arms
Location of Le Grand-Quevilly
Le Grand-Quevilly Show map of France Le Grand-Quevilly Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 49°24′26″N 1°03′11″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Le Grand-Quevilly
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicolas Rouly[1]
Area 1	11.11 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	25,963
• Density	2,300/km2 (6,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76322 /76120
Elevation	1–68 m (3.3–223.1 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft)
Website	grandquevilly.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The town is third largest suburb of Rouen, a port with considerable light industry situated just 3 miles (5 kilometres) southwest of the centre of Rouen, at the junction of the D 3, D 492 and the D 338 roads.

Population

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 Saint-Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.

International relations

Le Grand-Quevilly is twinned[5] with:

• Ness Ziona, Israel since 1964,
• Morondava, Madagascar, since 1964,
• Laatzen, Germany, since 1966,
• Lévis, Canada, since 1969,
• Hinckley,[6] England since 1976.

Notable people

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

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Grand-Quevilly.

• Official website (in French)

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[ru] Ле-Гран-Кевийи