Jumièges
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Jumièges (Script error: No such module "IPA".) 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 Template:Convert 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
Demography
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Places of interest
- The church of St. Valentin, dating from the eleventh century.[1]
- The ruins of the tenth-century church of St.Pierre (part of the abbey)[2]
- An eighteenth-century chapel.[3]
- Several lesser buildings dating from the eleventh century.
Jumièges Abbey
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People linked with the commune
- Maurice Leblanc, writer.
- Roger Martin du Gard, writer.
See also
References
External links
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