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Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville
Commune
The village and abbey
Location of Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville
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Coordinates: 49°26′39″N 0°57′46″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Barentin
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Chauvin[1]
Area 1	12.91 km2 (4.98 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	1,535
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76614 /76840
Elevation	2–134 m (6.6–439.6 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A residential village situated by the banks of the river Seine, some 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Rouen at the junction of the D67, D267 and the D982 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	970	—
1975	1,191	+2.98%
1982	1,389	+2.22%
1990	1,551	+1.39%
1999	1,504	−0.34%
2007	1,446	−0.49%
2012	1,460	+0.19%
2017	1,521	+0.82%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The abbey church of St. Georges, dating from the twelfth century.
• twelfth century vestiges of the abbey (cloisters and halls etc.)
• Ancient wood-framed houses.
• The thirteenth century Templars manorhouse at Genetay.
• Ruins of the old castle of Genetay.
• The sixteenth century chapel of St. Gorgon.

People

• Jean-Pierre Aumer, ballet choreographer, died here in 1833
• Louis Fabulet, translator of the works of Rudyard Kipling lived here.
• The marriage of musician David Hallyday and model Estelle Lefébure took place here in 1989
• Jean Lecanuet, politician, is buried in the abbey

Twin towns

• Hurstpierpoint, England

See also

• Saint-Georges de Boscherville Abbey
• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

Bibliography

• Gilbert Fromager, Le Canton de Duclair à l'aube du XXe siècle, Duclair, 1986 ISBN 2-9501653-0-3
• Gilbert Fromager, Le Canton de Duclair 1925-1950, Duclair, 1993 ISBN 2-9501653-1-1
• Le Patrimoine des communes de la Seine-Maritime, tome 1, éditions Flohic, 1997 ISBN 2-84234-017-5

External links

• Article and photos of the abbey of Boscherville (in French)
• The abbey at the Circulo Romanico

На других языках

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[de] Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville

Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville ist ein französischer Ort und eine Gemeinde mit 1.535 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Seine-Maritime in der Region Normandie. Ihre restaurierte Abteikirche gilt heute als Schulbeispiel normannischer Romanik.

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- [en] Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville

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[es] Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville

Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville es una población y comuna francesa, en la región de Alta Normandía, departamento de Sena Marítimo, en el distrito de Rouen y cantón de Duclair.

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