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Tourville-la-Rivière (French pronunciation: ​[tuʁvil la ʁivjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Tourville-la-Rivière
Commune
The town hall in Tourville-la-Rivière
Coat of arms
Location of Tourville-la-Rivière
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Coordinates: 49°19′44″N 1°06′22″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Noël Levillain
Area 1	8 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	2,493
• Density	310/km2 (810/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76705 /76410
Elevation	2–82 m (6.6–269.0 ft) (avg. 11 m or 36 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 small farming and light industrial town situated by the banks of the Seine, some 9 miles (14 km) south of Rouen at the junction of the D144, D7 and the D13 roads.
Junction 21 of the A13 autoroute is within the commune's borders. SNCF operates a TER rail service to the town. A huge new shopping centre was opened here in 2006.

Heraldry

The arms of the commune of Tourville-la-Rivière are blazoned : Bendy argent and azure, a crowned lion gules between 3 escallops Or.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,102	—
1975	1,419	+3.68%
1982	1,828	+3.68%
1990	1,886	+0.39%
1999	2,280	+2.13%
2007	2,287	+0.04%
2012	2,474	+1.58%
2017	2,501	+0.22%
Source: INSEE[2]

Places of interest

• The shopping centre.
• The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The seventeenth-century chateau of Tourville at Bédane, with a dovecote built in 1691 and a 15th-century chapel.
• A seventeenth-century stone cross.
• A Roman necropolis of 150 to 200 tombs with pottery and coins all discovered during the building of the SNCF railway.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

External links

• The shopping centre website (in French)
• Official town website (in French)

На других языках

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[es] Tourville-la-Rivière

Tourville-la-Rivière es una población y comuna francesa, en la región de Alta Normandía, departamento de Sena Marítimo, en el distrito de Rouen y cantón de Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf.

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