Le Grand-Quevilly

Le Grand-Quevilly [lə ɡʁɑ̃ kəviji, keviji] is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Le Grand-Quevilly
Commune
The town hall in Le Grand-Quevilly
Coat of arms
Location of Le Grand-Quevilly
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Coordinates: 49°24′26″N 1°03′11″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Le Grand-Quevilly
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicolas Rouly[1]
Area ^1	11.11 km^2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	25,698
• Density	2,300/km^2 (6,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76322 /76120
Elevation	1–68 m (3.3–223.1 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft)
Website	grandquevilly.fr
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The town is third largest suburb of Rouen, a port with considerable light industry situated just 3 miles (5 kilometres) southwest of the centre of Rouen, at the junction of the D 3, D 492 and the D 338 roads.

International relations

Le Grand-Quevilly is twinned[3] with:

• Ness Ziona, Israel since 1964,
• Morondava, Madagascar, since 1964,
• Laatzen, Germany, since 1966,
• Lévis, Canada, since 1969,
• Hinckley,[4] England since 1976.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,241 —     1800 1,235 −0.5% 1806 1,278 +3.5% 1821 1,460 +14.2% 1831 1,578 +8.1% 1836 1,440 −8.7% 1841 1,585 +10.1% 1846 1,598 +0.8% 1851 1,555 −2.7% 1856 1,557 +0.1% 1861 1,548 −0.6% 1866 1,519 −1.9% 1872 1,613 +6.2% 1876 1,618 +0.3% 1881 1,731 +7.0% 1886 1,813 +4.7% 1891 1,773 −2.2% 1896 2,132 +20.2% 1901 2,048 −3.9% 1906 2,209 +7.9% 1911 2,458 +11.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 4,120 +67.6% 1926 6,264 +52.0% 1931 7,683 +22.7% 1936 8,942 +16.4% 1946 9,857 +10.2% 1954 13,565 +37.6% 1962 18,727 +38.1% 1968 25,611 +36.8% 1975 31,963 +24.8% 1982 31,650 −1.0% 1990 27,658 −12.6% 1999 26,679 −3.5% 2006 26,226 −1.7% 2007 26,162 −0.2% 2008 25,826 −1.3% 2009 25,160 −2.6% 2010 24,930 −0.9% 2011 24,637 −1.2% 2012 24,563 −0.3% 2013 24,967 +1.6% 2014 25,273 +1.2%

Heraldry

Arms of Grand-Quevilly

the arms of Grand-Quevilly are blazoned : Gules, on a fess sable an escallop between two crosses bottony fitchy argent; all between a leopard Or armed and langued azure and the point of queville Or.

Places of interest

• The Zénith de Rouen concert hall.
• The fifteenth-century manor house at Grand Aulnay.
• The church of Saint-Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.

Notable people

• Laurent Fabius, politician.
• Franck Dubosc, actor and comedian.
• Philippe Torreton, actor and politician

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. (in French) grandquevilly.fr
4. "Hinckley, UK - Grand-Quevilly, France twinning". Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council. Retrieved 2013-07-14.

External links

• Official website (in French)