Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis

Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis
The town hall in Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis
Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis
Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis
Coordinates: 49°26′07″N 1°09′05″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonDarnétal
IntercommunalityMétropole Rouen Normandie
Government
  Mayor (2008 - 2014) Nicolle Rimasson
Area
1
2.81 km2 (1.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
3,450
  Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76599 /76160
Elevation20–138 m (66–453 ft)
(avg. 133 m or 436 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis is a light industrial suburban town surrounded by woodland and situated in the Roumois, just 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D42 and the D138 roads.

History

Etymology

The current official name of the town derives from a mistaken etymology dating back to French Revolution. Political authorities have retained and not reformed this quaint error to the present day. A more rational name would be "Saint-Léger-Bourdeny", after its ancient name "Bourdeny", a Gallo-Roman toponym in -acum, formed with the Germanic personal name Burdinus, thus Burdiniacum > Bourdeny. Burdinus, a given name, gave rise to the patronymic surnames Bourdain and Bourdin, common in west central France.

A similar name can be found in the Merovingian toponym Bourdainville.

Heraldry

Arms of Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis
The arms of Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis are blazoned :
Gules, a chevron between 2 leopards heads and a spindle bendwise sinister argent.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
1925214423812953277231243292
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Léger, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The debris of a tenth-century castle.
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See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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