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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

Intercommunality
  
CREA

Area
  
8 km²

Population
  
2,280 (1999)

Region
  
Normandy

Canton
  
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Monday 11:19 PM

Arrondissement
  
Rouen

Tourville-la-Rivière

Weather
  
11°C, Wind N at 6 km/h, 68% Humidity

Tourville-la-Rivière is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

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Map of Tourville-la-Rivi%C3%A8re, France

Geography

A small farming and light industrial town situated by the banks of the Seine, some 9 miles (14 km) south of Rouen at the junction of the D144, D7 and the D13 roads.
Junction 21 of the A13 autoroute is within the commune’s borders. SNCF operates a TER rail service to the town. A huge new shopping centre was opened here in 2006.

Places of interest

  • The shopping centre.
  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The seventeenth-century chateau of Tourville at Bédane, with a dovecote built in 1691 and a 15th-century chapel.
  • A seventeenth-century stone cross.
  • A Roman necropolis of 150 to 200 tombs with pottery and coins all discovered during the building of the SNCF railway.

    • References

    Tourville-la-Rivière Wikipedia
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