Ouville-la-Rivière

Ouville-la-Rivière
Ouville-la-Rivière
Location within Upper Normandy region  Ouville-la-Rivière
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Offranville
Intercommunality	Saâne et Vienne
Mayor	Jacques Thelu (2008–2013)
Statistics
Elevation	7–74 m (23–243 ft) (avg. 9 m/30 ft)
Land area1	6.34 km2 (2.45 sq mi)
Population2	602  (2006)
- Density	95 /km2 (250 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76492/ 76860
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°52′25″N 0°57′37″E / 49.8736111111°N 0.960277777778°E / 49.8736111111; 0.960277777778

Ouville-la-Rivière is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A village of farming and light industry situated by the banks of the river Saâne in the Pays de Caux at the junction of the D27, D54 and the D925 roads, some 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Dieppe.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
610	642	645	609	634	602	602
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• A yew tree nearly 1000 years old.
• The eighteenth century château de Tous-les-Mesnils, open to visitors on weekend afternoons in the summer.
• The manorhouse du Tessy, now a guesthouse.
• The château d'Ouville, damaged during World War II, and not yet completely rebuilt.
• The church of St. Gilles, dating from the eleventh century.
• A sixteenth century stone cross.

See also

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Ouville-la-Rivière on the Quid website (French)