Houppeville

Houppeville
Commune
An aerial view of Houppeville
Coat of arms
Location of Houppeville
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Coordinates: 49°30′48″N 1°04′49″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Monique Bourget[1]
Area ^1	20.8 km^2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,884
• Density	140/km^2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76367 /76770
Elevation	39–169 m (128–554 ft) (avg. 154 m or 505 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Houppeville (French pronunciation: [upvil]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A large village of forestry and farming, surrounded by woodland and situated just 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the centre of Rouen, at the junction of the D90, D121 and the D321 roads.

Heraldry

Arms of Houppeville

The arms of Houppeville are blazoned : Or, on a bend gules a leopard and a fleur-de-lys of the field, overall a tree eradicated vert.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,112	—
1975	1,346	+2.77%
1982	1,901	+5.06%
1990	2,378	+2.84%
1999	2,405	+0.13%
2007	2,396	−0.05%
2012	2,567	+1.39%
2017	2,784	+1.64%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century.
• The Arboretum de Forêt Verte

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

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. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Unofficial website of the commune Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine (in French)