Houppeville

Houppeville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Houppeville
Commune
An aerial view of Houppeville
Coat of arms
Location of Houppeville
Houppeville Houppeville
Coordinates: 49°30′48″N 1°04′49″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Thierry Chevrier
Area ^1	20.8 km^2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,784
• Density	130/km^2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76367 /76770
Elevation	39–169 m (128–554 ft) (avg. 154 m or 505 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A large village of forestry and farming, surrounded by woodland and situated just 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the centre of Rouen, at the junction of the D90, D121 and the D321 roads.

Heraldry

Arms of Houppeville

The arms of Houppeville are blazoned : Or, on a bend gules a leopard and a fleur-de-lys of the field, overall a tree eradicated vert.

Population

Historical population of Houppeville

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	877	1112	1346	1901	2378	2405	2437
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century.
• The Arboretum de Forêt Verte

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• Unofficial website of the commune (in French)