Houppeville

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Monique Bourget^[1]Area20.8 km² (8.0 sq mi)Population2,884 • Density140/km² (360/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation39–169 m (128–554 ft)
(avg. 154 m or 505 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Houppeville (French pronunciation: [upvil]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A large village of forestry and farming, surrounded by woodland and situated just 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the centre of Rouen, at the junction of the D90, D121 and the D321 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Houppeville are blazoned : Or, on a bend gules a leopard and a fleur-de-lys of the field, overall a tree eradicated vert.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,112	—
1975	1,346	+2.77%
1982	1,901	+5.06%
1990	2,378	+2.84%
1999	2,405	+0.13%
2007	2,396	−0.05%
2012	2,567	+1.39%
2017	2,784	+1.64%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eleventh century.
• The Arboretum de Forêt Verte

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

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