Le Petit-Quevilly

Le Petit-Quevilly
Le Petit-Quevilly
Location within Upper Normandy region Le Petit-Quevilly
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Le Petit-Quevilly
Intercommunality	CREA
Government
• Mayor (2001 - 2008)	Frédéric Sanchez
Area1	4.35 km2 (1.68 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	22,404
• Density	5,200/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76498 / 76140
Elevation	3–33 m (9.8–108.3 ft) (avg. 5 m or 16 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Petit-Quevilly is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A residential and light industrial suburb situated inside a meander of the river Seine on the opposite bank to Rouen city centre, at the junction of the D3 and the N338 roads.

Population

Historical population of Le Petit-Quevilly

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	21,098	22,876	22,401	22,876	22,600	22,332	22,404
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 recently restored church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The church of St. Antoine.
• The church of St. Bernadette, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The recently restored chapel of St. Julien, dating from the twelfth century.
• The seventeenth century manorhouse of Queval.
• Vestiges of a Carthusian monastery.
• An old cottonmill, restored and now used as offices and a college.

People

• Daniel Horlaville, retired professional footballer was born here in 1945.
• Patrice Rio, retired professional footballer was born here in 1948.
• Valérie Fourneyron, politician was born here in 1959.
• Catherine Morin-Desailly, politician was born here in 1960.
• Alain Blondel, retired decathlete was born here in 1962.
• Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of Total was born here in 1963.
• Franck Dubosc, actor and comedian was born here in 1963.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official website of Petit Quevilly (French)
• Le Petit-Quevilly on the Quid website (French)