Saint-Aubin-Épinay

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Benoît Anquetin^[1]Area9.83 km² (3.80 sq mi)Population1,019 • Density100/km² (270/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation35–159 m (115–522 ft)
(avg. 44 m or 144 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Aubin-Épinay (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿obɛ̃ epinɛ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A farming village situated just 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of the centre of Rouen near the junction of the D 7, D 42 and the D 91 roads. The small river Aubette has its source within the commune's borders.

History

Commune created in 1823 by the reunion of the former communes of Épinay and Saint-Aubin-la-Rivière.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	573	—
1975	502	−1.87%
1982	555	+1.44%
1990	917	+6.48%
1999	949	+0.38%
2007	951	+0.03%
2012	1,001	+1.03%
2017	1,033	+0.63%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Aubin in Saint-Aubin-la-Rivière, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The manorhouse du Meslay.
• A watermill.
• The seventeenth-century church of Notre-Dame in Épinay-sur-Aubette.
• A dovecote.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References