Déville-lès-Rouen explained

Déville-lès-Rouen
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason_ville_fr_Déville-lès-Rouen_(Seine-Maritime).svg
Arrondissement:	Rouen
Canton:	Mont-Saint-Aignan
Insee:	76216
Postal Code:	76250
Mayor:	Dominique Gambier^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Coordinates:	49.47°N 1.05°W
Elevation M:	17
Elevation Min M:	4
Elevation Max M:	135
Area Km2:	3.16

Déville-lès-Rouen (in French pronounced as /devil lɛ ʁwɑ̃/, literally Déville near Rouen) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department of the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A suburban light industrial town situated by the banks of the Cailly, some 2miles northwest of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D 66 and the D 6015 roads.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The ruins of a Rouen bishop's manor house dating from the thirteenth century.
• A sixteenth-century stone cross.

Notable people

• Pierre Bérégovoy (1925–1993), politician, born in Déville-lès-Rouen
• Tony Parker, basketball player. He went to school in Déville-lès-Rouen at Sainte-Marie college.
• Alfred Louis Delattre (1850–1932), archeologist, born in Déville-lès-Rouen

Twin towns

• Bargteheide, Germany
• Carmignano, Italy
• Syston, England

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

External links

• Independent website of Déville-lès-Rouen
• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.