Sotteville-lès-Rouen
Commune in Normandy, France
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Sotteville-lès-Rouen (French pronunciation: [sɔtvil lɛ ʁwɑ̃], literally Sotteville near Rouen) is a commune and railway town in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Sotteville-lès-Rouen | |
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The church in Sotteville-lès-Rouen | |
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 Location of Sotteville-lès-Rouen | |
  Sotteville-lès-Rouen Location within France  Sotteville-lès-Rouen Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 49°24′33″N 1°05′24″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Le Petit-Quevilly, Sotteville-lès-Rouen |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Rouen Normandie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2026–32) | Alexis Ragache[1] |
Area 1 | 7.44 km2 (2.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 29,003 |
| • Density | 3,900/km2 (10,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76681 / |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Heraldry
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The arms of Sotteville-lès-Rouen are blazoned : Per bend 1: Azure, a beehive within 7 bees in orle Or; 2: Vert, a Buddicom locomotive Or; a bend gules fimbriated argent, and on a chief gules, a leopard Or armed and langued azure.
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Transportation
The métro connects the commune with Rouen and Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.
The commune used to be a railway town in the days of the old Rouen tramway.
Population
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Places of interest
- The three churches of Notre-Dame, St. Vincent and Notre-Dame, all dating from the twentieth century.
People
- René Alix (1907–1966), choral conductor and composer
- Jacques Anquetil (1934–1987), racing cyclist, started his career here with AC Sotteville.
- Anny Duperey (1947-), actress, lives here.
- Louis Pierre Vieillot (1748–1830), ornithologist, died in Sotteville-lès-Rouen
