Déville-lès-Rouen
Commune in Normandy, France
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Déville-lès-Rouen (French pronunciation: [devil lɛ ʁwɑ̃], literally Déville near Rouen) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department of the Normandy region in north-western France.
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The Cailly river in Déville-les-Rouen | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 49°28′12″N 1°03′00″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Mont-Saint-Aignan |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Rouen Normandie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2026) | Mirella Deloignon[1] |
Area 1 | 3.16 km2 (1.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 10,802 |
| • Density | 3,420/km2 (8,850/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76216 /76250 |
| Elevation | 4–135 m (13–443 ft) (avg. 17 m or 56 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 suburban light industrial town situated by the banks of the Cailly, some 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D 66 and the D 6015 roads.
Heraldry
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The arms of Déville-lès-Rouen are blazoned: Azure, a Norman manor argent masoned sable overall a crozier Or, over that (and above the manor) a lamb reguardant haloed argent, and a base wavy azure [waves], and on a chief gules, a toothed wheel Or between 2 pairs of shuttles each pair in saltire argent.
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Population
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Places of interest
- The church of St.Pierre, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The ruins of a Rouen bishop's manor house dating from the thirteenth century.
- A sixteenth-century stone cross.
Notable people
- Pierre Bérégovoy (1925–1993), politician, born in Déville-lès-Rouen
- Tony Parker, basketball player. He went to school in Déville-lès-Rouen at Sainte-Marie college.
- Alfred Louis Delattre (1850–1932), archeologist, born in Déville-lès-Rouen
