Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis

Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ leʒe dy buʁ dəni]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis
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Coordinates: 49°26′07″N 1°09′05″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Darnétal
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Sophie Boucquiaux[1]
Area 1	2.81 km2 (1.08 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,665
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76599 /76160
Elevation	20–138 m (66–453 ft) (avg. 133 m or 436 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis is a light industrial suburban town surrounded by woodland and situated in the Roumois, just 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D42 and the D138 roads.

History

Etymology

The current official name of the town derives from a mistaken etymology dating back to French Revolution. Political authorities have retained and not reformed this quaint error to the present day. A more rational name would be "Saint-Léger-Bourdeny", after its ancient name "Bourdeny", a Gallo-Roman toponym in -acum, formed with the Germanic personal name Burdinus, thus Burdiniacum > Bourdeny. Burdinus, a given name, gave rise to the patronymic surnames Bourdain and Bourdin, common in west central France.

A similar name can be found in the Merovingian toponym Bourdainville.

Heraldry

Arms of Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis

The arms of Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis are blazoned : Gules, a chevron between 2 leopards heads and a spindle bendwise sinister argent.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,144	—
1975	2,381	+1.51%
1982	2,953	+3.12%
1990	2,772	−0.79%
1999	3,124	+1.34%
2007	3,263	+0.55%
2012	3,449	+1.11%
2017	3,450	+0.01%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church of St.Léger, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The debris of a tenth-century castle.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department