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Grand Couronne

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

Intercommunality
  
CREA

Area
  
16.93 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 10:58 AM

Region
  
Normandy

Canton
  
Grand-Couronne

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
9,442 (1999)

Arrondissement
  
Rouen

Grand-Couronne

Weather
  
11°C, Wind W at 29 km/h, 94% Humidity

Grand-Couronne is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Contents

Map of 76530 Grand-Couronne, France

Geography

A small suburban town with a huge container port and considerable light industry situated by the banks of the river Seine, some 7 miles (11 km) south of the centre of Rouen, at the junction of the D938, D3 and the D13 roads. The A13 autoroute passes through the southern section of the commune’s territory.

Places of interest

  • A menhir in Milthuit woods, evidence of the presence of a neolithic population.
  • The church of St.Martin, dating from the fourteenth century.
  • The church of St.Antoine, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The chateau of Grésil .
  • The remains of a Benedictine priory.

    • Twin towns

  • Seelze, Germany
  • Velten, Germany

    • References

    Grand-Couronne Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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