La Londe

La Londe
La Londe
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Location of La Londe
	La Londe La Londe
	Coordinates: 49°18′22″N 0°57′11″E / 49.306°N 0.953°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Elbeuf
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Jaouen
Area 1	30.98 km2 (11.96 sq mi)
Population (2021)	2,362
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76391 /76500
Elevation	20–138 m (66–453 ft) ; (avg. 128 m or 420 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Londe (French pronunciation: [la lɔ̃d]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. It was first mentioned in historical records in 1170.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated some 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Rouen, at the junction of the D132 and the D38 roads. The commune borders the department of the Eure.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,423	—
1975	1,672	+2.33%
1982	1,738	+0.55%
1990	1,900	+1.12%
1999	2,007	+0.61%
2007	2,222	+1.28%
2012	2,274	+0.46%
2017	2,334	+0.52%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Toponymy

Lunda around 1170. There are more than 100 place-names la Londe in Normandy. It means "the wood, the grove". It derives from Old Norse lundr "grove".

Places of interest

A memorial to the Canadian soldiers that liberated the town in August 1944.
The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
A seventeenth-century château.
A stone cross from the sixteenth century.
Some Roman ruins.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Official commune website (in French)

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[pophist-3] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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