Jumièges

Jumièges
Jumièges
Commune
	Ruins of the abbey of Jumièges
	Coat of arms
	Location of Jumièges
	Jumièges Jumièges
	Coordinates: 49°26′04″N 0°49′17″E / 49.4344°N 0.8214°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Barentin
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen-Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Julien Delalandre
Area 1	18.75 km2 (7.24 sq mi)
Population (2022)	1,743
• Density	93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Jumièges (French pronunciation: [ʒymjɛʒ]) 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

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

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,694	—
1800	1,850	+1.27%
1806	1,862	+0.11%
1821	1,955	+0.33%
1831	1,847	−0.57%
1836	1,711	−1.52%
1841	1,678	−0.39%
1846	1,674	−0.05%
1851	1,765	+1.06%
1856	1,670	−1.10%
1861	1,602	−0.83%
1866	1,618	+0.20%
1872	1,073	−6.62%
1876	1,084	+0.26%
1881	1,015	−1.31%
1886	1,028	+0.25%
1891	1,027	−0.02%
1896	1,020	−0.14%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	995	−0.50%
1906	1,012	+0.34%
1911	928	−1.72%
1921	872	−0.62%
1926	847	−0.58%
1931	867	+0.47%
1936	880	+0.30%
1946	1,078	+2.05%
1954	1,088	+0.12%
1962	1,214	+1.38%
1968	1,305	+1.21%
1975	1,474	+1.75%
1982	1,634	+1.48%
1990	1,641	+0.05%
1999	1,714	+0.48%
2007	1,715	+0.01%
2012	1,769	+0.62%
2017	1,719	−0.57%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Places of interest

The church of St. Valentin, dating from the eleventh century.^[5]
The ruins of the tenth-century church of St.Pierre (part of the abbey)^[6]
An eighteenth-century chapel.^[7]
Several lesser buildings dating from the eleventh century.

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.^[6] The church of Notre Dame was consecrated in 1067 in the presence of William the Conqueror.^[8]