Sotteville-lès-Rouen

Sotteville-lès-Rouen (French pronunciation: [sɔtvil lɛ 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
Commune
The church in Sotteville-lès-Rouen
Coat of arms
Location of Sotteville-lès-Rouen
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Coordinates: 49°24′33″N 1°05′24″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Le Petit-Quevilly, Sotteville-lès-Rouen
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Alexis Ragache[1]
Area 1	7.44 km2 (2.87 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	29,039
• Density	3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76681 /
Website	www.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

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

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

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

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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

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

People

• René Alix (1907–1966), choral conductor and composer
• Jacques Anquetil (1934–1987), racing cyclist, started his career here with AC Sotteville.
• Anny Duperey (1947-), actress, lives here.
• Louis Pierre Vieillot (1748–1830), ornithologist, died in Sotteville-lès-Rouen

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department