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Déville-lès-Rouen

, Déville-lès-Rouen, France
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Déville-lès-Rouen is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department of the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.GeographyA suburban light industrial town situated by the banks of the Cailly River, some 2mi northwest of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D 66 and the D 6015 roads.Places of interest The church of St.Pierre, dating from the nineteenth century. The ruins of a Rouen bishop's manor house dating from the thirteenth century. A sixteenth-century stone cross.Notable people Pierre Bérégovoy (1925–1993), politician, was born here. Tony Parker, basketball player, went to school here at Sainte-Marie college. Alfred Louis Delattre (1850–1932), archeologist, was born here.Twin towns Bargteheide, Germany Carmignano, Italy Syston, England

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