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Petit-Couronne

Coordinates: 49°23′11″N 1°01′42″E / 49.3864°N 1.0283°E / 49.3864; 1.0283
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Petit-Couronne
Pierre Corneille's house
Pierre Corneille's house
Coat of arms of Petit-Couronne
Location of Petit-Couronne
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Petit-Couronne is located in France
Petit-Couronne
Petit-Couronne
Petit-Couronne is located in Normandy
Petit-Couronne
Petit-Couronne
Coordinates: 49°23′11″N 1°01′42″E / 49.3864°N 1.0283°E / 49.3864; 1.0283
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonLe Grand-Quevilly
IntercommunalityMétropole Rouen Normandie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Joël Bigot[1]
Area
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12.8 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
8,688
 • Density680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76497 /76650
Elevation2–108 m (6.6–354.3 ft)
(avg. 15 m or 49 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Petit-Couronne (French pronunciation: [pəti kuʁɔn], before 1984: Le Petit-Couronne)[3] is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

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A port town of oil refineries, light industry and forestry situated by the banks of the Seine, just 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D3 and the N338 roads.

Coat of arms

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Arms of Petit-Couronne
Arms of Petit-Couronne
The arms of Petit-Couronne are blazoned :
Azure, an anchor argent surmounted by 2 torches in saltire Or, and on a chief wavy azure fimbriatd argent, 3 lions heads erased gules. (created 1986)[citation needed]



Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
19684,861—    
19755,686+2.26%
19826,340+1.57%
19908,122+3.14%
19998,621+0.66%
20079,057+0.62%
20129,278+0.48%
20178,619−1.46%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

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  • Menhirs from pre-Roman times.
  • The church of St. Aubin, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • The sixteenth-century house of writer Pierre Corneille, now a museum.
  • Several 17th/18th-century houses and a dovecote.

People

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Twin towns

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Décret du 13 novembre 1984 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0270, 18 November 1984, p. 10523.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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