Jumièges

Jumièges
Jumièges
Location within Upper Normandy region  Jumièges
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Duclair
Intercommunality	Seine-Austreberthe
Mayor	Joëlle Tétard (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	0–83 m (0–272 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
Land area1	18.75 km2 (7.24 sq mi)
Population2	1,736  (2006)
- Density	93 /km2 (240 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76378/ 76480
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Jumièges is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in a meander of the river Seine, some 13 miles (21 km) west of Rouen, at the junction of the D65 and the D143 roads. A ferry service operates here, connecting the commune with the south and west sides of the river.

Heraldry

The arms of Jumièges are blazoned : Azure, a cross Or between 4 keys addorsed argent.

Population

Historical population of Jumièges

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	1214	1305	1474	1634	1541	1714	1736
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St. Valentin, dating from the eleventh century.
• The ruins of the tenth-century church of St.Pierre.
• An eighteenth-century chapel.
• Several lesser buildings dating from the eleventh century.

Jumièges Abbey

It is best known as the site of Jumièges Abbey, a typical Norman abbey of the Romanesque period, and the home of the pro-Norman chronicler William of Jumièges who wrote the Gesta Normannorum Ducum about 1070. Now ruined, the abbey dates from 1067, when it was consecrated in the presence of William the Conqueror.

The ruins of the abbey of Jumièges

The tower of Jumièges abbey

The river ferry

People linked with the commune

• Maurice Leblanc, writer.
• Roger Martin du Gard, writer.

See also

• Jumièges Abbey

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• History website of Jumièges (French)
• Jumièges on the Quid website (French)
• The abbey at the Circulo Romanco