La Londe | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr La Londe (Seine-Maritime).svg |
Arrondissement: | Rouen |
Canton: | Elbeuf |
Insee: | 76391 |
Postal Code: | 76500 |
Mayor: | Jean-Pierre Jaouen[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Métropole Rouen Normandie |
Coordinates: | 49.306°N 0.953°W |
Elevation M: | 128 |
Elevation Min M: | 20 |
Elevation Max M: | 138 |
Area Km2: | 30.98 |
La Londe (in French pronounced as /la lɔ̃d/) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. It was first mentioned in historical records in 1170.
A forestry and farming village situated some 12miles southwest of Rouen, at the junction of the D132 and the D38 roads. The commune borders the department of the Eure.
Lunda around 1170. There are more than 100 place-names la Londe in Normandy. It means "the wood, the grove". It derives from Old Norse lundr "grove".