La Bouille
Commune in Normandy, France
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La Bouille (French pronunciation: [la buj]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
La Bouille | |
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A general view of La Bouille | |
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| Coordinates: 49°21′04″N 0°55′55″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Elbeuf |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Rouen Normandie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacques Meng[1] |
Area 1 | 1.27 km2 (0.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 706 |
| • Density | 556/km2 (1,440/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76131 /76530 |
| Elevation | 2–133 m (6.6–436.4 ft) (avg. 5 m or 16 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
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Notable people
- Writer Hector Malot was born here in 1830.
- French actor Albert Lambert.
- La Bouille has been the subject of landscapes by Turner, Gauguin, Albert Lebourg, Robert Antoine Pinchon and Henri Vignet.
Places of interest
- The church of Sainte-Madeleine, dating from the sixteenth century.
- A sixteenth century salt warehouse.
- Several lesser buildings dating from the thirteenth century.
- The Château Albert Lambert.
- The seventeenth-century château de l'Ermitage
