Tourville-sur-Arques

Tourville-sur-Arques
Tourville-sur-Arques
Location within Upper Normandy region Tourville-sur-Arques
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Offranville
Intercommunality	Dieppe
Government
• Mayor (2007–2008)	André Degardin
Area1	5.9 km2 (2.3 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,185
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Tourville-sur-Arques is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie 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

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
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Tourville-sur-Arques on the Quid website (French)