Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Seine-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Rouen | |
| Canton | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray , Sotteville-lès-Rouen | |
| Community association | Métropole Rouen Normandy | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 23 ' N , 1 ° 6' E | |
| height | 3–87 m | |
| surface | 18.25 km 2 | |
| Residents | 28,641 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,569 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 76800 | |
| INSEE code | 76575 | |
| Website | www.ville-saintetiennedurouvray.fr | |
 Saint-Etienne church |
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Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray is a French city with 28,641 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Seine-Maritime department in the region of Normandy . It is the capital of the canton of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray and part of the canton of Sotteville-lès-Rouen . The inhabitants are called Stéphanais or Stéphanaises .
geography
The municipality is located in the metropolitan area of Rouen on the Seine , about ten kilometers south of the city center of Rouen , on the edge of the forest area Forêt de la Londe-Rouvray .
Neighboring communities
| Le Grand-Quevilly | Sotteville-lès-Rouen | Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie |
| Petit Couronne |
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Belbeuf |
| Oissel | Gouy |
Population development
- 1962: 25.833
- 1968: 34.713
- 1975: 37.242
- 1982: 32,444
- 1990: 30.731
- 1999: 29.092
- 2006: 27,815
- 2017: 28,641
traffic
Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray has a train station on the Paris – Rouen – Le Havre railway line, but it is no longer served in tourist traffic. The final stop of the “Ligne Technopôle” of the Rouen tram , which has four more stops in the north-western part of the city, is in Avenue de la Mare aux Daims .
The main traffic axes run in a north-south direction, including the four-lane department road 18 E , which leads south of the village to junction 22 “Rouen-Ouest” of the A13 motorway . National road 338 runs west of the city .
Twin cities
- Nordenham , Lower Saxony, Germany
- Nowa Kachowka , Ukraine
- Felling , England, UK
Attractions
- Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rouen (INSA) with the Technopôle du Madrillet
- Hippodrome des Bruyères
- Saint-Étienne and Sainte-Thérèse churches
Personalities
- Arthur Join-Lambert (1839-1917), historian
- Émile Masqueray (1843-1894), anthropologist and writer
- Marcel Brout (1877–1957), trade unionist and politician
- Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1893–1917) , died in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray of his war injuries
- Jean-Luc Seret (* 1951), chess player
- Jacques Hamel (1930–2016), Catholic priest
Terrorist attack
On July 26, 2016, a terrorist attack took place in the church of Saint-Étienne, in which the 85-year-old Roman Catholic clergyman Jacques Hamel murdered by cutting his throat and seriously injuring another person during Holy Mass in the church in front of the celebrants has been. The attackers were shot dead by the police.
