Pissy-Pôville () is a
commune in the
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Infà ...
department in the
Normandy
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region in northern France. The 19th-century historian
Théodore Bachelet (1820–1879) was born in this village.
Geography
A
farming
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village situated approximately northwest of
Rouen
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, at the junction of the D6015, D47 and the D104 roads. The
A151 autoroute
The A151 autoroute is a short motorway north west of Rouen, France. It has a total length of .
List of junctions
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passes through the commune's territory.
History
The commune was formed in 1822 through the merger of the historic settlements of Pissy and Pôville. Pissy was known as Piscei in 1006, Pisciacus around 1025, and Pissei in 1040. Pôville was recorded as Povilla between 1185 and 1207; as Ecclesia de Pouvilla around 1240; Poovilla in 1337; Poville in 1319 and in 1431; Porville in 1460; and Poville again in 1526 and 1527.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of St. Martin, dating from the thirteenth century.
* A sixteenth century
manorhouse
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with a
dovecote
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.
* Traces of a
Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
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villa.
See also
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References
Communes of Seine-Maritime
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