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 (2020–2026)	Luce Pane[1] (PS)
Area 1	7.44 km2 (2.87 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	28,965
• 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

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Sotteville-lès-Rouen, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

Bibliography

• L. Leroy, D. Andrieu et J.-F. Glabik, Sotteville, une vie, éd. Maison pour Tous, 1989 ; 1991 ISBN 2-909094-00-6
• Guy Pessiot, Histoire de l'agglomération rouennaise : la rive gauche, éd. du P'tit Normand, 1990 ISBN 978-2-906258-22-8

External links

• (in French) Official commune website