Le Petit-Quevilly

Le Petit-Quevilly
Commune
The chapel of Saint-Julien in Le Petit-Quevilly
Location of Le Petit-Quevilly
Le Petit-Quevilly Le Petit-Quevilly
Coordinates: 49°25′52″N 1°03′14″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Le Petit-Quevilly
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Charlotte Goujon
Area 1	4.35 km2 (1.68 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	21,782
• Density	5,000/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76498 /76140
Elevation	3–33 m (9.8–108.3 ft) (avg. 5 m or 16 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Petit-Quevilly (French pronunciation: [lə pəti kəviji], locally [le p(ə)ti kəvili]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department, region of Normandy, France.

Geography

A residential and light industrial suburb situated inside a meander of the river Seine on the opposite bank to Rouen city centre, at the junction of the D3 and the N338 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 800 —     1800 775 −0.45% 1806 825 1.05% 1821 1,265 2.89% 1831 1,455 1.41% 1836 2,116 7.78% 1841 2,379 2.37% 1846 2,707 2.62% 1851 3,105 2.78% 1856 3,930 4.83% 1861 4,655 3.44% 1866 4,677 0.09% 1872 4,981 1.06% 1876 6,250 5.84% 1881 7,680 4.21% 1886 10,273 5.99% 1891 10,688 0.80% 1896 11,737 1.89%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 13,948 3.51% 1906 14,929 1.37% 1911 16,682 2.25% 1921 17,478 0.47% 1926 17,959 0.54% 1931 18,910 1.04% 1936 19,474 0.59% 1946 19,953 0.24% 1954 20,798 0.52% 1962 21,098 0.18% 1968 22,876 1.36% 1975 22,401 −0.30% 1982 22,876 0.30% 1990 22,600 −0.15% 1999 22,332 −0.13% 2007 21,970 −0.20% 2012 22,089 0.11% 2017 21,995 −0.09%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Sports

US Quevilly-Rouen is based in the commune.

Places of interest

• The recently restored church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The church of St. Antoine.
• The church of St. Bernadette, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The recently restored chapel of St. Julien, dating from the twelfth century.
• The seventeenth century manorhouse of Queval.
• Vestiges of a Carthusian monastery.
• An old cottonmill, restored and now used as offices and a college.
• Amable-et-Micheline-Lozai Stadium

People

• Jean Trévoux, racing driver was born here in 1905.
• Daniel Horlaville, retired professional footballer was born here in 1945.
• Patrice Rio, retired professional footballer was born here in 1948.
• Valérie Fourneyron, politician was born here in 1959.
• Catherine Morin-Desailly, politician was born here in 1960.
• Alain Blondel, retired decathlete was born here in 1962.
• Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of Total was born here in 1963.
• Franck Dubosc, actor and comedian was born here in 1963.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

External links

• Official website of Petit Quevilly (in French)