Jumièges

Jumièges
Commune
Ruins of the abbey of Jumièges
Coat of arms
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Barentin
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen-Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Julien Delalandre
Area1	18.75 km2 (7.24 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	76378 / 76480
Elevation	0–83 m (0–272 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 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.

Jumièges (French pronunciation: ​[ʒymjɛʒ])or ‘’’Baëmintenash/ Bohemontenash’’’ is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in a meander of the river Seine, some 21 kilometres (13 mi) west of Rouen, at the junction of the D 65 and the D 143 roads. A ferry service operates here, connecting the commune with the south and west sides of the river.

Heraldry

The arms of Jumièges are blazoned : Azure, a cross Or between 4 keys addorsed argent.

Demography

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,694 —     1800 1,850 +9.2% 1806 1,862 +0.6% 1821 1,955 +5.0% 1831 1,847 −5.5% 1836 1,711 −7.4% 1841 1,678 −1.9% 1846 1,674 −0.2% 1851 1,765 +5.4% 1856 1,670 −5.4% 1861 1,602 −4.1% 1866 1,618 +1.0% 1872 1,073 −33.7% 1876 1,084 +1.0% 1881 1,015 −6.4% 1886 1,028 +1.3% 1891 1,027 −0.1% 1896 1,020 −0.7% 1901 995 −2.5% 1906 1,012 +1.7% 1911 928 −8.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 872 −6.0% 1926 847 −2.9% 1931 867 +2.4% 1936 880 +1.5% 1946 1,078 +22.5% 1954 1,088 +0.9% 1962 1,214 +11.6% 1968 1,305 +7.5% 1975 1,474 +13.0% 1982 1,634 +10.9% 1990 1,641 +0.4% 1999 1,714 +4.4% 2006 1,715 +0.1% 2007 1,715 +0.0% 2008 1,718 +0.2% 2009 1,719 +0.1% 2010 1,736 +1.0% 2011 1,753 +1.0% 2012 1,769 +0.9% 2013 1,767 −0.1% 2014 1,778 +0.6%

Places of interest

• The church of St. Valentin, dating from the eleventh century.
• The ruins of the tenth-century church of St.Pierre (part of the abbey)
• An eighteenth-century chapel.
• Several lesser buildings dating from the eleventh century.

Jumièges Abbey

Main article: Jumièges Abbey

It is best known as the site of Jumièges Abbey, a typical Norman abbey of the Romanesque period, and the home of the pro-Norman chronicler William of Jumièges who wrote the Gesta Normannorum Ducum about 1070. Ruined in the first quarter of the 19th century, the abbey dates from the 7th century. The church of Notre Dame was consecrated in 1067 in the presence of William the Conqueror

The towers of Jumièges abbey

The river ferry

People linked with the commune

• Maurice Leblanc, writer.
• Roger Martin du Gard, writer.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

External links

• History website of Jumièges