La Bouille | |
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 A general view of La Bouille | |
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Location of La Bouille | |
  La Bouille  La Bouille | |
| Coordinates: 49°21′04″N 0°55′55″E / 49.351°N 0.932°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Elbeuf |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Rouen Normandie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacques Meng[1] |
| Area 1 | 1.27 km2 (0.49 sq mi) |
| Population | 710 |
| • Density | 560/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76131 /76530 |
| Elevation | 2–133 m (6.6–436.4 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. | |
La Bouille (French pronunciation: [la buj]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
Geography
A small village (in area) surrounded by woodland situated south of a meander of the river Seine, some 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Rouen, at the junction of the D 64, D 132 and the D 675 roads. A ferry service crosses the river to Sahurs.
Population
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Notable people
- Writer Hector Malot was born here in 1830.
- French actor Albert Lambert.
- La Bouille has been the subject of landscapes by Turner, Gauguin, Albert Lebourg, Robert Antoine Pinchon and Henri Vignet.
Places of interest
La Bouille and the ferry
The ferry dock at La Bouille
- The church of Sainte-Madeleine, dating from the sixteenth century.
- A sixteenth century salt warehouse.
- Several lesser buildings dating from the thirteenth century.
- The Château Albert Lambert.
- The seventeenth-century château de l'Ermitage
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Bouille, EHESS (in French).
- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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