Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville explained

Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Rouen
Canton:	Barentin
Insee:	76614
Postal Code:	76840
Mayor:	Thierry Chauvin^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Coordinates:	49.4442°N 0.9628°W
Elevation M:	26
Elevation Min M:	2
Elevation Max M:	134
Area Km2:	12.91

Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A residential village situated by the banks of the river Seine, some 6miles west of Rouen at the junction of the D67, D267 and the D982 roads.

Places of interest

• The abbey church of St. Georges, dating from the twelfth century.
• twelfth century vestiges of the abbey (cloisters and halls etc.)
• Ancient wood-framed houses.
• Manoir de l'Aumônerie, the thirteenth century Templars manorhouse at Genetay.
• Ruins of the old castle of Genetay.
• The sixteenth century chapel of St. Gorgon.

People

• Jean-Pierre Aumer, ballet choreographer, died here in 1833
• Louis Fabulet, translator of the works of Rudyard Kipling lived here.
• The marriage of musician David Hallyday and model Estelle Lefébure took place here in 1989
• Jean Lecanuet, politician, is buried in the abbey

Twin towns

• Hurstpierpoint, England

See also

• Saint-Georges de Boscherville Abbey
• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

Bibliography

• Gilbert Fromager, Le Canton de Duclair à l'aube du XXe siècle, Duclair, 1986
• Gilbert Fromager, Le Canton de Duclair 1925-1950, Duclair, 1993
• Le Patrimoine des communes de la Seine-Maritime, tome 1, éditions Flohic, 1997

External links

• Article and photos of the abbey of Boscherville
• The abbey at the Circulo Romanico

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.