department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
light industrial
Light industry are industries that usually are less capital-intensive than heavy industry and are more consumer-oriented than business-oriented, as they typically produce smaller consumer goods. Most light industry products are produced for e ...
town situated some west of the centre of
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
at the junction of the D43, D5 and the D982 roads. The river Austreberthe joins the
Berville-sur-Seine
Berville-sur-Seine (, literally ''Berville on Seine'') is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A farming village situated in a large meander of the river Seine, some northwest of Rou ...
on the south bank of the Seine.
Heraldry
Population
Places of interest
* The church of St. Denis, dating from the twelfth century.
* Traces of a
feudal
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castle
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.
* Remains of a 13th-century presbytery.
* The Château du Taillis, dating from medieval times.
* The eighteenth-century Château du Vaurouy.
* La Cour-du-Mont manor house with parts dating from the thirteenth century.
* A seventeenth-century chapel.
Notable people
* Musician
Pierre Villette
Pierre Villette (7 February 1926 – 6 March 1998) was a French composer of choral and instrumental music.
Villette was born into a musical family in 1926 at Duclair, Normandy. He studied with Maurice Duruflé before attending the Paris Conserv ...
(1926–1998), was born here.
Twin towns
Ronnenberg
Ronnenberg () is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 8 km southwest of Hanover.
Subdivisions
Besides Ronnenberg proper, the city consists of the boroughs of Benthe (including Sieben Tra ...
* Francis Aubert, ''Duclair, un regard sur le passé'', Duclair, 2002
* Ariane Duclert, "Le Caneton à la rouennaise, spécialité de Duclair", ''Pays de Normandie''
* Gilbert Fromager, ''Le Canton of Duclair à l'aube du XXe'', Duclair, 1986