Bihorel

Coordinates: 49°27′19″N 1°07′01″E / 49.4553°N 1.1169°E / 49.4553; 1.1169
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Bihorel
Notre Dame des Anges Church and market in Bihorel
Notre Dame des Anges Church and market in Bihorel
Coat of arms of Bihorel
Location of Bihorel
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Bihorel is located in France
Bihorel
Bihorel
Bihorel is located in Normandy
Bihorel
Bihorel
Coordinates: 49°27′19″N 1°07′01″E / 49.4553°N 1.1169°E / 49.4553; 1.1169
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonBois-Guillaume
IntercommunalityMétropole Rouen Normandie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pascal Houbron[1]
Area
1
2.51 km2 (0.97 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
8,199
 • Density3,300/km2 (8,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76095 /76420
Elevation80–167 m (262–548 ft)
(avg. 157 m or 515 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bihorel (French pronunciation: [biɔʁɛl]) is a commune of the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.[3] It is a northeastern suburb of Rouen.

Geography

Situation

Bihorel is a

suburban and light industrial town forming part of the agglomeration of Rouen
. Located on the northern plateau of Rouen, Bihorel is a town with three districts:

  • Vieux Bihorel: attached to Rouen, halfway up the slope;
  • plateau des Provinces : the neighborhood of collective buildings behind old Bihorel;
  • le Chapitre: the residential neighborhood further north.

Roads and transportation

Bihorel is situated at the junction of the D243 and the D443 roads. The T2 line (TEOR) permits to reach the city center of Rouen in 30 minutes from the south of Bihorel. The F2, 40 and 20 lines make possible to go to the city center of Rouen in 10 minutes.

Heraldry

Arms of Bihorel
Arms of Bihorel
The arms of Bihorel are blazoned :
Gules, a bend sinister between in chief a beehive and in base 2 leopards Or, and on a chief azure a knight contourny between an archer contourny and 2 soccer players contourny the sinister one with a ball at his foot, Or.



History

The town was created on April 13, 1892. Previously, Bihorel was a district of Bois-Guillaume.

On 4 July 2011, the merger of Bihorel and Bois-Guillaume was voted in the municipal councils, a merger that was effective from January 1, 2012, under the regime of the new municipalities, despite the consultation organized by the mayors of these two cities. There was a very large opposition from the population (66.43% opposed).

From January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2013, the municipality was merged with its neighbor, Bois-Guillaume, as the

commune nouvelle Bois-Guillaume-Bihorel. The creation of this commune was invalidated by the administrative court of Rouen, a decision neither the prefecture or the municipality appealed. The two municipalities were recreated on 1 January 2014.[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 7,009—    
1975 9,382+4.25%
1982 10,121+1.09%
1990 9,358−0.97%
1999 9,057−0.36%
2007 8,461−0.85%
2012 8,268−0.46%
2017 8,398+0.31%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

Notable people

Twin towns

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b Commune de Bihorel (76095), INSEE
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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