La Neuville-Chant-d'Oisel

La Neuville-Chant-d’Oisel is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

La Neuville-Chant-d’Oisel
Commune
The church in La Neuville-Chant-d'Oisel
Location of La Neuville-Chant-d’Oisel
La Neuville-Chant-d’Oisel La Neuville-Chant-d’Oisel
Coordinates: 49°22′07″N 1°14′38″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Le Mesnil-Esnard
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Julien Demazure
Area ^1	21.83 km^2 (8.43 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,240
• Density	100/km^2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76464 /76520
Elevation	74–162 m (243–531 ft) (avg. 168 m or 551 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A village of forestry and farming situated some 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D 13, D 138 and the D 294 roads. The commune is on the border with the department of Eure.

Population

Historical population of La Neuville-Chant-d'Oisel

Year	1793	1921	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
Population	1447	748	856	896	1048	1362	1691	1751	1857	2169
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

• A memorial to cyclist Jacques Anquetil, who lived here.
• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The church of St.Austin dating from the sixteenth century at St. Austin.
• Two châteaux, at La Neuville and at Chant-d'Oisel.
• A house once owned by writer Guy de Maupassant and later by cyclist Jacques Anquetil.
• A seventeenth-century stone cross at the cross-roads.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• Official website of Neuville-Chant-d'Oisel (in French)