Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville

Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville
Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville
Location within Upper Normandy region Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Duclair
Intercommunality	Seine-Austreberthe
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Hubert Saint
Area1	12.91 km2 (4.98 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,497
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76614 / 76840
Elevation	2–134 m (6.6–439.6 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A residential village situated by the banks of the river Seine, some 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Rouen at the junction of the D67, D267 and the D982 roads.

Population

Historical population of Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	875	970	1191	1389	1551	1504	1497
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 abbey church

• The abbey church of St. Georges, dating from the twelfth century.
• twelfth century vestiges of the abbey (cloisters and halls etc.)
• Ancient wood framed houses.
• The thirteenth century Templars manorhouse at Genetay.
• Ruins of the old castle of Genetay.
• The sixteenth century chapel of St. Gorgon.

People

• Jean-Pierre Aumer, ballet choreographer, died here in 1833
• Louis Fabulet, translator of the works of Rudyard Kipling lived here.
• The marriage of musician David Hallyday and model Estelle Lefébure took place here in 1989
• Jean Lecanuet, politician, is buried in the abbey

Twin towns

• Hurstpierpoint, England

See also

• Saint-Georges de Boscherville Abbey
• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

Bibliography

• Gilbert Fromager, Le Canton de Duclair à l'aube du XXe siècle, Duclair, 1986 ISBN|2-9501653-0-3
• Gilbert Fromager, Le Canton de Duclair 1925-1950, Duclair, 1993 ISBN|2-9501653-1-1
• Le Patrimoine des communes de la Seine-Maritime, tome 1, éditions Flohic, 1997 ISBN|2-84234-017-5

External links

• Article and photos of the abbey of Boscherville (French)
• Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville on the Quid website (French)
• The abbey at the Circulo Romanico