Le Grand-Quevilly

Le Grand-Quevilly
Commune
The town hall in Le Grand-Quevilly
Coat of arms
Location of Le Grand-Quevilly
Le Grand-Quevilly Le Grand-Quevilly
Coordinates: 49°24′26″N 1°03′11″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Le Grand-Quevilly
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicolas Rouly
Area 1	11.11 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	25,975
• Density	2,300/km2 (6,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76322 /76120
Elevation	1–68 m (3.3–223.1 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft)
Website	grandquevilly.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Grand-Quevilly [lə ɡʁɑ̃ kəviji, keviji] is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

The town is third largest suburb of Rouen, a port with considerable light industry situated just 3 miles (5 kilometres) southwest of the centre of Rouen, at the junction of the D 3, D 492 and the D 338 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,241 —     1800 1,235 −0.07% 1806 1,278 +0.57% 1821 1,460 +0.89% 1831 1,578 +0.78% 1836 1,440 −1.81% 1841 1,585 +1.94% 1846 1,598 +0.16% 1851 1,555 −0.54% 1856 1,557 +0.03% 1861 1,548 −0.12% 1866 1,519 −0.38% 1872 1,613 +1.01% 1876 1,618 +0.08% 1881 1,731 +1.36% 1886 1,813 +0.93% 1891 1,773 −0.45% 1896 2,132 +3.76%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,048 −0.80% 1906 2,209 +1.53% 1911 2,458 +2.16% 1921 4,120 +5.30% 1926 6,264 +8.74% 1931 7,683 +4.17% 1936 8,942 +3.08% 1946 9,857 +0.98% 1954 13,565 +4.07% 1962 18,727 +4.11% 1968 25,611 +5.36% 1975 31,963 +3.22% 1982 31,650 −0.14% 1990 27,658 −1.67% 1999 26,679 −0.40% 2007 26,162 −0.24% 2012 24,563 −1.25% 2017 25,698 +0.91%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Heraldry

Arms of Grand-Quevilly

the arms of Grand-Quevilly are blazoned : Gules, on a fess sable an escallop between two crosses bottony fitchy argent; all between a leopard Or armed and langued azure and the point of queville Or.

Places of interest

• The Zénith de Rouen concert hall.
• The fifteenth-century manor house at Grand Aulnay.
• The church of Saint-Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Le Grand-Quevilly is twinned with:

• Ness Ziona, Israel since 1964,
• Morondava, Madagascar, since 1964,
• Laatzen, Germany, since 1966,
• Lévis, Canada, since 1969,
• Hinckley, England since 1976.

Notable people

• Laurent Fabius, politician.
• Franck Dubosc, actor and comedian.
• Philippe Torreton, actor and politician

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

External links

• Official website (in French)