Bourville

Bourville
Bourville
Location within Upper Normandy region Bourville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Dieppe
Canton	Fontaine-le-Dun
Intercommunality	Entre Mer et Lin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Didier Boullard
Area1	6.61 km2 (2.55 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	298
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76134 / 76740
Elevation	63–114 m (207–374 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bourville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Dieppe, at the junction of the D108 and the D237 roads.

Population

Historical population of Bourville

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	409	433	373	410	318	313	298
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
• The seventeenth-century chateau de Tonneville.
• The seventeenth-century church at Tonneville.

Notable people

• Actor Bourvil (André Raimbourg) spent all his childhood in the village and its name inspired his stage name.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Bourville on the Quid website (French)