Rouen is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the capital of the region of Normandy. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, the population of the metropolitan area is 666,035 (2017). People from Rouen are known as Rouennais.
Upper Normandy is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, Upper and Lower Normandy merged becoming one region called Normandy.
The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime.
Yville-sur-Seine is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
The arrondissement of Bernay is an arrondissement of France in the Eure department in the Normandy region. It has 297 communes. Its population is 227,054 (2016), and its area is 3,226.7 km2 (1,245.8 sq mi).
Rouen Airport or Aéroport de Rouen - Vallée de Seine is an airport located in Boos and 10 km southeast of Rouen, both communes of the Seine-Maritime département in the Normandy région of France.
US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole, known simply as US Quevilly or QRM is a French football club based in Le Petit-Quevilly (Seine-Maritime). They play at the Stade Robert Diochon, which has a capacity of 12,018.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Havre is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Erected in 1974, the episcopal see is Le Havre Cathedral in the city of Le Havre. The diocese comprises the arrondissement of Le Havre in the department of Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Anneville-Ambourville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Saint-Jean-du-Cardonnay is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Mauny is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Montigny is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
The Cantons of Rouen are cantons situated in the Seine-Maritime département and in the Normandy region of northern France. Since the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the commune of Rouen is subdivided into 3 cantons:
The Canton of Yvetot is a canton situated in the Seine-Maritime département and in the Normandy region of northern France.
Métropole Rouen Normandie is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Rouen. It is located in the Seine-Maritime department, in the Normandy region, north-western France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté d'agglomération Rouen-Elbeuf-Austreberthe. Its population was 499,570 in 2014, of which 113,313 in Rouen proper.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rouen, France.
The canton of Bourg-Achard is an administrative division of the Eure department, northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Bourg-Achard.
The canton of Grand Bourgtheroulde is an administrative division of the Eure department, northern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Grand Bourgtheroulde.
Henri Barbet, or Henry Barbet, was a French industrialist and politician. He owned and ran the family cotton spinning and weaving factory in Rouen, one of the most important in the region. For many years he was mayor of Rouen. He was responsible for building two bridges over the Seine, and for a policy of putting the indigent and insane to work in charitable workshops. He was a deputy for the Seine during the July Monarchy and again during the Second French Empire.
Louis Lépecq de La Clôture was a French surgeon and epidemiologist. His work consisted mainly of a 15-year observation of the relations between climate, geography and pathologies in Normandy.
