Oissel

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Oissel
Coat of arms of Oissel
Oissel (France)
Oissel
region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray
Community association Métropole Rouen Normandy
Coordinates 49 ° 21 '  N , 1 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 21 '  N , 1 ° 5'  E
height 2–128 m
surface 22.19 km 2
Residents 11,895 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 536 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 76350
INSEE code
Website www.ville-oissel.fr
Sign of the partner community Oissel-sur-Seine and Anderten at the gate garden in Anderten
Bridge near Oissel in August 1944

Oissel is a French municipality with 11,895 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Seine-Maritime in the region Normandy . It is located 15 km south of Rouen on the Seine . The river limits the community in the south and east. The A 13 motorway (Europastraße 5) runs to the west . In terms of industry, the municipality is primarily home to chemical and petrochemical companies.

The place was already badly destroyed in the First World War. About a fifth of the population died. During the Second World War , 249 buildings were destroyed and 1,475 damaged in five years (1939–1944).

In 1969 a partnership was established with the then still independent community of Anderten , which is now a district of Hanover . There are regular youth exchanges and connections between TSV Anderten , Sportfreunde Anderten and the Misburg sports community.

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