La Bouille
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| Coordinates: 49°21′04″N 0°55′55″E / 49.351°N 0.932°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Elbeuf |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Rouen Normandie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Joel Temperton |
Area 1 | 1.27 km2 (0.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | 764 |
| • Density | 600/km2 (1,600/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. | |
La Bouille is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
Geography
A small village (in area) surrounded by woodland situated south of a meander of the river Seine, some 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Rouen, at the junction of the D 64, D 132 and the D 675 roads. A ferry service crosses the river to Sahurs.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1793 | 959 | — |
| 1800 | 802 | −16.4% |
| 1806 | 877 | +9.4% |
| 1821 | 1,182 | +34.8% |
| 1831 | 1,171 | −0.9% |
| 1836 | 796 | −32.0% |
| 1841 | 772 | −3.0% |
| 1846 | 741 | −4.0% |
| 1851 | 745 | +0.5% |
| 1856 | 667 | −10.5% |
| 1861 | 652 | −2.2% |
| 1866 | 625 | −4.1% |
| 1872 | 602 | −3.7% |
| 1876 | 556 | −7.6% |
| 1881 | 562 | +1.1% |
| 1886 | 565 | +0.5% |
| 1891 | 544 | −3.7% |
| 1896 | 536 | −1.5% |
| 1901 | 515 | −3.9% |
| 1906 | 519 | +0.8% |
| 1911 | 502 | −3.3% |
| 1921 | 435 | −13.3% |
| 1926 | 466 | +7.1% |
| 1931 | 444 | −4.7% |
| 1936 | 497 | +11.9% |
| 1946 | 611 | +22.9% |
| 1954 | 618 | +1.1% |
| 1962 | 661 | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 611 | −7.6% |
| 1975 | 661 | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 550 | −16.8% |
| 1990 | 862 | +56.7% |
| 1999 | 791 | −8.2% |
| 2005 | 808 | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 805 | −0.4% |
| 2007 | 805 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 797 | −1.0% |
| 2009 | 788 | −1.1% |
| 2010 | 780 | −1.0% |
| 2011 | 771 | −1.2% |
| 2012 | 793 | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 778 | −1.9% |
| 2014 | 764 | −1.8% |
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
See also
References
External links
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