Rouen

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
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

Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Rouen.