Ouville-la-Rivière

Ouville-la-Rivière
Location of Ouville-la-Rivière
Ouville-la-Rivière
Ouville-la-Rivière
Coordinates: 49°52′25″N 0°57′37″E / 49.8736°N 0.9603°E / 49.8736; 0.9603
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonDieppe-1
IntercommunalityCC Terroir de Caux
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Loïc Paillard[1]
Area
1
6.34 km2 (2.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
461
 • Density72.7/km2 (188/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76492 /76860
Elevation7–74 m (23–243 ft)
(avg. 9 m or 30 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ouville-la-Rivière (French pronunciation: [uvil la ʁivjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

The commune is a village of farming and light industry situated by the banks of the river Saâne in the Pays de Caux at the junction of the D 27, D 54 and the D 925 roads, 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Dieppe.

Population

Places of interest

  • A yew tree nearly 1000 years old.
  • The eighteenth-century château de Tous les Mesnils, open to visitors on weekend afternoons in the summer.
  • The manorhouse du Tessy, now a guesthouse.
  • The château d'Ouville, damaged during World War II, and not yet completely rebuilt.
  • The church of St. Gilles, dating from the eleventh century.
  • A sixteenth-century stone cross.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Ouville-la-Rivière, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE