Tourville-sur-Arques
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 The church in Tourville-sur-Arques | |
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| Coordinates: 49°51′32″N 1°06′08″E / 49.8589°N 1.1022°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Dieppe-1 |
| Intercommunality | CA Région Dieppoise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2007–2008) | André Degardin |
| Area 1 | 5.9 km2 (2.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 1,185 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76707 /76550 |
| Elevation | 20–113 m (66–371 ft) (avg. 105 m or 344 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Tourville-sur-Arques is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A farming village situated by the banks of the river Scie in the Pays de Caux, some 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D254, D70 and the D23 roads.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 651 | 687 | 750 | 877 | 1012 | 1080 | 1185 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
Places of interest
- The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The sixteenth-century château of Miromesnil, with its park and gardens.
People
- Guy de Maupassant, French writer, was born at the château in 1850.
See also
References
External links
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