Sotteville-lès-Rouen
Sotteville-lès-Rouen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Sotteville-lès-Rouen  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Intercommunality | CREA |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008 - 2014) | Pierre Bourguignon (PS) |
| Area 1 | 7.44 km2 (2.87 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 448 km2 (173 sq mi) |
| • Metro (1999) | 1,582.51 km2 (611.01 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 30,076 |
| • Rank | 251st in France |
| • Density | 4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2006) | 405,392 |
| • Urban density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| • Metro (1999) | 518,316 |
| • Metro density | 330/km2 (850/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76681 / |
| Website | www.vivacite.com |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Sotteville-lès-Rouen is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
Geography
The largest suburb of the city of Rouen and adjacent to it, some 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D94 and the D18 roads.
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 Budicom 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
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| 33,443 | 34,495 | 31,659 | 30,558 | 29,544 | 29,553 | 30,076 |
| Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates | ||||||
Places of interest
- The three churches of Notre-Dame, St. Vincent and Notre-Dame, all dating from the twentieth century.
People
- Jacques Anquetil (1934–1987), racing cyclist, started his career here with AC Sotteville.
- Anny Duperey (1947-), comedian, lives here.
See also
References
Bibliography
- L. Leroy, D. Andrieu et J.-F. Glabik, Sotteville, une vie, éd. Maison pour Tous, 1989 ; 1991 ISBN 2-909094-00-6
- Guy Pessiot, Histoire de l’agglomération rouennaise : la rive gauche, éd. du P’tit Normand, 1990 ISBN 978-2-906258-22-8
External links
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