La Neuville-Chant-d'Oisel

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Julien Demazure^[1]Area21.83 km² (8.43 sq mi)Population2,377 • Density110/km² (280/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation74–162 m (243–531 ft)
(avg. 168 m or 551 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Neuville-Chant-d'Oisel is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A village of forestry and farming situated some 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D 13, D 138 and the D 294 roads. The commune is on the border with the department of Eure.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,447	—
1861	1,306	−0.15%
1921	748	−0.92%
1962	856	+0.33%
1968	896	+0.76%
1975	1,048	+2.26%
1982	1,362	+3.81%
1990	1,691	+2.74%
1999	1,751	+0.39%
2007	1,918	+1.15%
2012	2,228	+3.04%
2017	2,240	+0.11%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Places of interest

• A memorial to cyclist Jacques Anquetil, who lived here.
• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The church of St.Austin dating from the sixteenth century at St. Austin.
• Two châteaux, at La Neuville and at Chant-d'Oisel.
• A house once owned by writer Guy de Maupassant and later by cyclist Jacques Anquetil.
• A seventeenth-century stone cross at the cross-roads.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

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