Petit-Couronne (French pronunciation: [pəti kuʁɔn], before 1984: Le Petit-Couronne)[3] is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A port town of oil refineries, light industry and forestry situated by the banks of the Seine, just 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D3 and the N338 roads.
Coat of arms
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The arms of Petit-Couronne are blazoned : Azure, an anchor argent surmounted by 2 torches in saltire Or, and on a chief wavy azure fimbriatd argent, 3 lions heads erased gules. (created 1986)[citation needed]
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Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 4,861 | — |
| 1975 | 5,686 | +2.26% |
| 1982 | 6,340 | +1.57% |
| 1990 | 8,122 | +3.14% |
| 1999 | 8,621 | +0.66% |
| 2007 | 9,057 | +0.62% |
| 2012 | 9,278 | +0.48% |
| 2017 | 8,619 | −1.46% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Places of interest
- Menhirs from pre-Roman times.
- The church of St. Aubin, dating from the seventeenth century.
- The sixteenth-century house of writer Pierre Corneille, now a museum.
- Several 17th/18th-century houses and a dovecote.
People
- Pierre Corneille, writer, poet and dramatist once lived here.
- Marcelly, full name Marcel Jules Turmel, Music-hall singer (1882-1966)
- Germaine Beaumont, writer and journalist, was born here.
Twin towns
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Décret du 13 novembre 1984 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0270, 18 November 1984, p. 10523.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
- Official town website (in French)
- Website of the Museum of Pierre Corneille (in French)
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