Jumièges

Jumièges (French pronunciation: [ʒymjɛʒ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Jumièges
Commune
Ruins of the abbey of Jumièges
Coat of arms
Location of Jumièges
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Coordinates: 49°26′04″N 0°49′17″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Barentin
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen-Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Julien Delalandre[1]
Area 1	18.75 km2 (7.24 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,743
• Density	93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76378 /76480
Elevation	0–83 m (0–272 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in a meander of the river Seine, some 21 kilometres (13 mi) west of Rouen, at the junction of the D 65 and the D 143 roads. A ferry service operates here, connecting the commune with the south and west sides of the river.

Heraldry

Arms of Jumièges

The arms of Jumièges are blazoned : Azure, a cross Or between 4 keys addorsed argent.

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,694 —     1800 1,850 +1.27% 1806 1,862 +0.11% 1821 1,955 +0.33% 1831 1,847 −0.57% 1836 1,711 −1.52% 1841 1,678 −0.39% 1846 1,674 −0.05% 1851 1,765 +1.06% 1856 1,670 −1.10% 1861 1,602 −0.83% 1866 1,618 +0.20% 1872 1,073 −6.62% 1876 1,084 +0.26% 1881 1,015 −1.31% 1886 1,028 +0.25% 1891 1,027 −0.02% 1896 1,020 −0.14%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 995 −0.50% 1906 1,012 +0.34% 1911 928 −1.72% 1921 872 −0.62% 1926 847 −0.58% 1931 867 +0.47% 1936 880 +0.30% 1946 1,078 +2.05% 1954 1,088 +0.12% 1962 1,214 +1.38% 1968 1,305 +1.21% 1975 1,474 +1.75% 1982 1,634 +1.48% 1990 1,641 +0.05% 1999 1,714 +0.48% 2007 1,715 +0.01% 2012 1,769 +0.62% 2017 1,719 −0.57%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Valentin, dating from the eleventh century.^[5]
• The ruins of the tenth-century church of St.Pierre (part of the abbey)^[6]
• An eighteenth-century chapel.^[7]
• Several lesser buildings dating from the eleventh century.

Jumièges Abbey

Main article: Jumièges Abbey

It is best known as the site of Jumièges Abbey, a typical Norman abbey of the Romanesque period, and the home of the pro-Norman chronicler William of Jumièges who wrote the Gesta Normannorum Ducum about 1070. Ruined in the first quarter of the 19th century, the abbey dates from the 7th century.^[6] The church of Notre Dame was consecrated in 1067 in the presence of William the Conqueror.^[8]

The towers of Jumièges abbey

The river ferry

People linked with the commune

• Maurice Leblanc, writer.
• Roger Martin du Gard, writer.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department