Ouville-l'Abbaye

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Jacques Lemercier^[1]Area7.31 km² (2.82 sq mi)Population657 • Density90/km² (230/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation134–173 m (440–568 ft)
(avg. 165 m or 541 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ouville-l'Abbaye (French pronunciation: [uvil labei]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 27 miles (43 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D55 and the D67 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	285	—
1975	405	+5.15%
1982	483	+2.55%
1990	602	+2.79%
1999	553	−0.94%
2007	621	+1.46%
2012	645	+0.76%
2017	672	+0.82%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The ruins of the seventeenth century abbey.
• Outline of a Roman villa.
• A château in Louis XV style, with many dependant buildings.
• The medieval manorhouse of Mont-de-Bourg.
• Several sixteenth century buildings.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References