Tourville-sur-Arques

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Yoann Collin^[1]Area5.9 km² (2.3 sq mi)Population1,193 • Density200/km² (520/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation20–113 m (66–371 ft)
(avg. 105 m or 344 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tourville-sur-Arques (French pronunciation: [tuʁvil syʁ aʁk], literally Tourville on Arques) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the river Scie in the Pays de Caux, some 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Dieppe at the junction of the D254, D70 and the D23 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	687	—
1975	750	+1.26%
1982	877	+2.26%
1990	1,012	+1.81%
1999	1,080	+0.73%
2007	1,176	+1.07%
2012	1,235	+0.98%
2017	1,234	−0.02%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The sixteenth-century château of Miromesnil, with its park and gardens.

People

• Guy de Maupassant, French writer, was born at the château in 1850.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References