Le Petit-Quevilly (, locally ) is a
commune in the
Seine-Maritime
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department,
region
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of
Normandy
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Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
,
France
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.
Geography
A residential and
light industrial suburb situated inside a
meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the Channel (geography), channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erosion, erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank (cut bank, cut bank or river cl ...
of the river
Seine
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on the opposite bank to
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...
city centre, at the junction of the D3 and the N338 roads.
Population
Sports
US Quevilly-Rouen is based in the commune.
Places of interest
* The recently restored church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
* The church of St. Antoine.
* The church of St. Bernadette, dating from the sixteenth century.
* The recently restored chapel of St. Julien, dating from the twelfth century.
* The seventeenth century
manorhouse
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...
of Queval.
* Vestiges of a
Carthusian
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monastery.
* An old
cotton
Cotton (), first recorded in ancient India, is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure ...
mill, restored and now used as offices and a college.
*
Amable-et-Micheline-Lozai Stadium
People
*
Jean Trévoux, racing driver was born here in 1905.
*
Daniel Horlaville, retired professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
was born here in 1945.
*
Patrice Rio, retired professional
footballer
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was born here in 1948.
*
Valérie Fourneyron,
politician
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was born here in 1959.
*
Catherine Morin-Desailly,
politician
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was born here in 1960.
*
Alain Blondel, retired
decathlete was born here in 1962.
*
Patrick Pouyanné
Patrick Jean Pouyanné (; born 24 June 1963) is a French businessman and engineer who has been the chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies since 2014.
Early life and education
Pouyanné was born in Petit-Quevilly, Seine-Maritime, France. He spent som ...
, CEO of Total was born here in 1963.
*
Franck Dubosc, actor and comedian was born here in 1963.
See also
*
References
External links
Official website of Petit Quevilly
Communes of Seine-Maritime
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