Rouen
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Rouen is a ceety on the River Seine in northren Fraunce. Hit is the caipital o the region o Normandy. Umwhile yin o the mucklest an maist bien ceeties o medieval Europe, the tot nummer o indwallers in the metropolitan airt is 655,013 the nou. Rouen wis hame tae the Exchequer o Normandy in the Middle Ages. Hit wis yin o the caipitals o the Anglo-Norman deenasties, whilk rule't baith Ingland an muckle pairts o modren Fraunce fae the 11t tae the 15t yeirhunners. Fowk fae Rouen are kent as Rouennais.
Rouen | |
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Prefectur an commune | |
 Tap: Rouen ceety centre an the Seine River. Middle left: Maritime museum. Centre: Le Gros-Horloge. Middle richt: Gustave-Flaubert Brig. Bottom: Rouen Cathedral. | |
 Coat airms | |
  Rouen Location within Normandy region  Rouen | |
| Coordinates: 49°26′N 1°06′E | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Normandy |
| Depairtment | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | 3 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Rouen Normandie |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Yvon Robert (PS) |
| Area 1 | 21.38 km2 (8.25 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 448 km2 (173 sq mi) |
| • Metro (2010) | 1800 km2 (700 sq mi) |
| Population (2016-01-01)2 | 112,596 |
| • Rank | 35t in Fraunce |
| • Density | 5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2010) | 494,382 |
| • Urban density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
| • Metro (2011) | 655,013 |
| • Metro density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET (UTC +1)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76540 / |
| Website | www.rouen.fr |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | |
Museums
- The Musée des beaux-arts is the ceety's airt museum
- The Musée maritime fluvial et portuaire is a museum aboot the history o the port an maritime navigation
Fremmit airtins
- The ceety's wabsteid
- Tourist Office Archived 2007-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Rouen. |
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