Ouville-l'Abbaye

Ouville-l’Abbaye
Ouville-l’Abbaye
Location within Upper Normandy region  Ouville-l’Abbaye
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Yerville
Mayor	Olivier Leconte (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	134–173 m (440–568 ft) (avg. 165 m/541 ft)
Land area1	7.31 km2 (2.82 sq mi)
Population2	616  (2006)
- Density	84 /km2 (220 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76491/ 76760
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 49°41′44″N 0°51′43″E / 49.6955555556°N 0.861944444444°E / 49.6955555556; 0.861944444444

Ouville-l’Abbaye is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 27 miles (43 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D55 and the D67 roads.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
232	285	405	483	602	553	616
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The ruins of the seventeenth century abbey.
• Outline of a Roman villa.
• A château in Louis XV style, with many dependant buildings.
• The medieval manorhouse of Mont-de-Bourg.
• Several sixteenth century buildings.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Ouville-l’Abbaye on the Quid website (French)