region
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of
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
,
France
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meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex ban ...
of the river
Seine
The Seine ( , ) is a river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plate ...
on the opposite bank to
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the region of Normandy and the department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, the population ...
city centre, at the junction of the D3 and the N338 roads.
* 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 held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with m ...
of Queval.
* Vestiges of a Carthusian monastery.
* An old
cotton
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footballer
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was born here in 1945.
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Patrice Rio
Patrice Rio (born 15 August 1948 in Le Petit-Quevilly, Seine-Maritime) is a French former football defender who obtained a total number of 17 international caps for the France national football team in the 1970s. Playing for FC Nantes (1970–1 ...
, retired professional
footballer
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politician
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politician
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decathlete
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...
was born here in 1962.
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Patrick Pouyanné
Patrick Jean Pouyanné (born 24 June 1963) is a French engineer who has been serving as chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies since 2014.
Early life and education
Pouyanné was born in Petit-Quevilly in the region of Seine-Maritime in France. He spe ...
, CEO of Total was born here in 1963.
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Franck Dubosc
Franck Dubosc (; born 7 November 1963) is a French actor, comedian and stand-up artist.
Dubosc occupies 94th place in the list of the most profitable actors of French cinema.