Sotteville-lès-Rouen (French pronunciation: [sɔtvil ʁwɑ̃], literally Sotteville near Rouen) is a commune and railway town in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Sotteville-lès-Rouen
The church in Sotteville-lès-Rouen
The church in Sotteville-lès-Rouen
Coat of arms of Sotteville-lès-Rouen
Location of Sotteville-lès-Rouen
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Sotteville-lès-Rouen is located in France
Sotteville-lès-Rouen
Sotteville-lès-Rouen
Sotteville-lès-Rouen is located in Normandy
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Sotteville-lès-Rouen
Coordinates: 49°24′33″N 1°05′24″E / 49.4092°N 1.09°E / 49.4092; 1.09
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonLe Petit-Quevilly, Sotteville-lès-Rouen
IntercommunalityMétropole Rouen Normandie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Luce Pane[1] (PS)
Area
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7.44 km2 (2.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
28,965
 • Density3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
Websitewww.sotteville-les-rouen.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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It is the largest suburb of the city of Rouen and adjacent to it, some 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D94 and the D18 roads.

Heraldry

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Arms of Sotteville-lès-Rouen
The arms of Sotteville-lès-Rouen are blazoned :
Per bend 1: Azure, a beehive within 7 bees in orle Or; 2: Vert, a Buddicom locomotive Or; a bend gules fimbriated argent, and on a chief gules, a leopard Or armed and langued azure.



Transportation

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The métro connects the commune with Rouen and Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.

The commune used to be a railway town in the days of the old Rouen tramway.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 3,000—    
1800 1,806−6.99%
1806 3,107+9.46%
1821 3,710+1.19%
1831 3,912+0.53%
1836 3,926+0.07%
1841 3,971+0.23%
1846 3,993+0.11%
1851 4,960+4.43%
1856 8,851+12.28%
1861 8,890+0.09%
1866 10,630+3.64%
1872 10,592−0.06%
1876 11,763+2.66%
1881 13,092+2.16%
1886 15,304+3.17%
1891 16,384+1.37%
1896 17,192+0.97%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 18,535+1.52%
1906 19,042+0.54%
1911 21,026+2.00%
1921 22,614+0.73%
1926 23,364+0.65%
1931 24,854+1.24%
1936 26,657+1.41%
1946 18,469−3.60%
1954 25,625+4.18%
1962 33,443+3.38%
1968 34,495+0.52%
1975 31,659−1.22%
1982 30,558−0.50%
1990 29,544−0.42%
1999 29,553+0.00%
2007 30,392+0.35%
2012 28,622−1.19%
2017 28,965+0.24%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Places of interest

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  • The three churches of Notre-Dame, St. Vincent and Notre-Dame, all dating from the twentieth century.

People

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Sotteville-lès-Rouen, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

Bibliography

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  • L. Leroy, D. Andrieu et J.-F. Glabik, Sotteville, une vie, éd. Maison pour Tous, 1989 ; 1991 ISBN 2-909094-00-6
  • Guy Pessiot, Histoire de l'agglomération rouennaise : la rive gauche, éd. du P'tit Normand, 1990 ISBN 978-2-906258-22-8
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