Tourville-sur-Arques

Tourville-sur-Arques (French pronunciation: ​[tuʁvil syʁ‿aʁk], literally Tourville on Arques) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Tourville-sur-Arques
Commune
The church in Tourville-sur-Arques
Location of Tourville-sur-Arques
Tourville-sur-Arques Tourville-sur-Arques
Coordinates: 49°51′32″N 1°06′08″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Dieppe-1
Intercommunality	CA Région Dieppoise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yoann Collin
Area ^1	5.9 km^2 (2.3 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,234
• Density	210/km^2 (540/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Historical population of Tourville-sur-Arques

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
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

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

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