Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville
Encyclopedia
Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville is a commune
in the Seine-Maritime
department in the Haute-Normandie
region in northern France
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, some 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Rouen
at the junction of the D67, D267 and the D982 roads.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre...
department in the Haute-Normandie
Haute-Normandie
Upper Normandy is one of the 27 regions of France. It was created in 1984 from two départements: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. This division continues to provoke controversy, and some continue to call for reuniting the two regions...
region in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
A residential village situated by the banks of the river SeineSeine
The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels...
, some 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Rouen
Rouen
Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...
at the junction of the D67, D267 and the D982 roads.
Population
Places of interest
- The abbey church of St. Georges, dating from the thirteenth century.
- twelfth century vestiges of the abbey (cloisters and halls etc.)
- Ancient wood framed houses.
- The thirteenth century Templars manorhouse at Genetay.
- Ruins of the old castle of Genetay.
- The sixteenth century chapel of St. Gorgon.
People
- Jean-Pierre AumerJean-Pierre AumerJean-Louis Aumer was a French danseur and choreographer, who was born in Strasbourg on 21 April 1774, and who died in Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville in July 1833. Educated at the school of the Paris Opera Ballet, he joined the company in 1801 after an initial engagement with Jean Dauberval in Bordeaux...
, ballet choreographer, died here in 1833 - Louis Fabulet, translator of the works of Rudyard KiplingRudyard KiplingJoseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature...
lived here. - The marriage of musician David HallydayDavid HallydayDavid Hallyday is a French singer/songwriter and amateur sports car racer. He was born in Boulogne-Billancourt and is the son of the French singers Sylvie Vartan and Johnny Hallyday....
and model Estelle LefébureEstelle LefébureEstelle Lefébure is a French actress and model. She was one of the top fashion models in the 1980s and 1990s. During her marriage with singer David Hallyday, she was known professionally as Estelle Hallyday....
took place here in 1989 - Jean LecanuetJean LecanuetJean Adrien François Lecanuet was a French centrist politician. He was born to a family of modest means, and gravitated towards literature during his studies. He received his diploma at the age of 22, becoming the youngest agrégé in France...
, politician, is buried in the abbey
See also
- Saint-Georges de Boscherville AbbeySaint-Georges de Boscherville AbbeySaint-Georges de Boscherville Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey located in the commune of Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville, in Seine-Maritime, France. It was founded in about 1113 on the site of an earlier establishment of secular canons and settled by monks from the Abbey of Saint-Evroul....
- Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
- Seine-MaritimeSeine-MaritimeSeine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre...
- NormandyNormandyNormandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...