Le Grand-Quevilly

Le Grand-Quevilly
region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Le Grand-Quevilly
Community association	Métropole Rouen Normandy
Coordinates	49 ° 24 '  N , 1 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 24 '  N , 1 ° 3'  E
height	1-68 m
surface	11.11 km 2
Residents	25,698 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	2,313 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	76120
INSEE code	76322
Website	http://www.ville-grand-quevilly.fr/
Saint-Pierre church

Le Grand-Quevilly (also: Grand-Quevilly ) is a French municipality with 25,698 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Seine-Maritime in the region Normandy . It is the capital of the canton of Le Grand-Quevilly and is seven kilometers southwest of Rouen on the Seine . The river limits the community to the west. The inhabitants are called Grand-Quevillais or Grand-Quevillaise .

Neighboring communities

Rouen	Le Petit-Quevilly	Sotteville-lès-Rouen
Canteleu		Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray
	Petit Couronne

Population development

• 1962: 18 727
• 1968: 25 611
• 1975: 31,963
• 1982: 31 650
• 1990: 27,658
• 1999: 26,679
• 2006: 26 226
• 2017: 25 698

history

In 1027 the place is mentioned as Cheivillei (Latinized: Cavilleinum). From the 14th century there was a differentiation between Grand and Petit Quevilly.

Twin cities

• Ness Ziona , Israel, since 1964,
• Morondava , Madagascar, since 1964,
• Laatzen , Lower Saxony, since 1966,
• Lévis , Canada, Quebec, since 1969,
• Hinckley , United Kingdom, since 1976.

Attractions

• Saint-Pierre church from the 16th century
• Saint-Bernadette church
• Tithe barn (Grange dîmière) by Grand Aulnay
• British war cemetery
• "Zénith de Rouen" event center
• Grand Aulnay mansion
• The Parc des expositions de Rouen

Personalities

• Marc-Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant (1594–1661), poet
• Césaire Levillain (1885–1944), headmaster and resistance fighter
• Claude Germon (* 1934), politician ( PS )
• Jean-Marc Lange (* 1945), painter
• Laurent Fabius (* 1946), politician ( PS ), Foreign Minister
• Franck Dubosc (* 1963), comedian
• Philippe Torreton (* 1965), actor and politician
• David Boulanger (* 1974), athlete (walking 50 kilometers)
• Ugo Legrand (* 1989), judoka, European champion and bronze medalist (Olympia 2012)

Web links

Commons : Le Grand-Quevilly  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Le Grand-Quevilly

Individual evidence

1. ↑ grandquevilly.fr
2. ↑ Hinckley, UK - Grand-Quevilly, France twinning . In: Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council . Retrieved July 14, 2013.