Roumare
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Seine-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Rouen | |
| Canton | Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville | |
| Community association | Inter-Caux-Vexin | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 31 ' N , 0 ° 58' E | |
| height | 8-136 m | |
| surface | 9.96 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,508 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 151 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 76480 | |
| INSEE code | 76541 | |
 Notre-Dame church |
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Roumare is a French commune with 1,508 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Seine-Maritime in the region Normandy . It is located a few kilometers northwest of Rouen, belongs to the Arrondissement of Rouen and the canton of Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville .
history
According to legend, Roumare owes its name to a Rotmarus , to whom King Dagobert I gave this area as a reward for his services in the 7th century. Another fabulous explanation goes back to the Normans Rollo , who leads an oak tree, a necklace and a pool of Rollonis mare .
In reality it has not been proven that the place name has anything to do with these people. The second component -mare is probably the Norman root word mare ("pond", "pond") of Anglo-Scandinavian descent like the other numerous -mare place names of the Caux area, and the first component Rou- is a personal name Rodulf or Rolf .
According to tradition, the fountain in the center of the village is connected to the vaulted cellars of the Abbey of Saint-Georges de Boscherville and the Abbey of Jumièges .
Roumare is the result of a municipal restructuring in the 19th century, when the two old parishes of Saint-Thomas-la-Chaussée (Sanctus Thomas de Caceya) and Roumare (Rolmara in the 11th century and Roumara in the 14th century) were merged.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| 406 | 464 | 608 | 809 | 965 | 1103 | 1327 |
Personalities
- Roger FitzGerald de Roumare, 1st Baron of Kendall, Lord of Bolingbroke, Lord of Roumare
- William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln etc. (* around 1096, † before 1161), his son
- William (II.) De Roumare (* around 1117, † 1151 ), his son, married to Agnes von Aumale , daughter of Stephan von Aumale ( Blois house );
- William (III.) De Roumare († 1198), who for a time also seems to have been Earl of Lincoln, their son