Pavilly

Pavilly
Commune
The castle Château d'Esneval
Coat of arms
Location of Pavilly
Pavilly Show map of France Pavilly Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 49°34′09″N0°57′16″E / 49.5692°N 0.9544°E / 49.5692; 0.9544
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	François Tierce [1]
Area 1	14.19 km2 (5.48 sq mi)
Population  (2023) [2]	6,029
• Density	424.9/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76495 /76570
Elevation	50–166 m (164–545 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pavilly (French pronunciation: [paviji] ) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

The settlement of Pavilly, a town of farming and light industry, is situated by the banks of the river Austreberthe in the Pays de Caux, some 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D4, D142, D22 and the D67 roads.

Heraldry

Arms of Pavilly

The arms of Pavilly are blazoned  : Quarterly 1: Azure, a cross fleurdelysée Or; 2: Sable, a crozier reversed Or, over which a wolf couchant argent; 3: Sable, a bee argent; and 4: paly Or and azure, a chief gules.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,024	—
1975	5,593	+1.54%
1982	5,442	−0.39%
1990	5,729	+0.64%
1999	6,140	+0.77%
2007	6,056	−0.17%
2012	6,235	+0.58%
2017	6,308	+0.23%
Source: INSEE [3]

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The chapel of Sainte Austreberthe, all that remains of the thirteenth century priory that was founded by Philibert of Jumièges.
• The fourteenth-century château Esneval, built on the foundations of a feudal castle.

People

• Saint Austrebertha, born at Thérouanne (Pas-de-Calais) in 633, died at Pavilly on 10 February 704. She was the first abbess at the convent of Pavilly.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

1. Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime, 10 August 2020
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2025.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official town website (in French)