Le Petit-Quevilly
Le Petit-Quevilly is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department, region of Normandy, France.
Geography
A residential and light industrial suburb situated inside a meander of the river Seineon the opposite bank to Rouen city centre, at the junction of the D3 and the N338 roads.
Sports
US Quevilly-Rouen is based in the commune.Places of interest
- The recently restored church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The church of St. Antoine.
- The church of St. Bernadette, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The recently restored chapel of St. Julien, dating from the twelfth century.
- The seventeenth century manorhouse of Queval.
- Vestiges of a Carthusian monastery.
- An old cottonmill, restored and now used as offices and a college.
- Amable-et-Micheline-Lozai Stadium
People
- Jean Trévoux, racing driver was born here in 1905.
- Daniel Horlaville, retired professional footballer was born here in 1945.
- Patrice Rio, retired professional footballer was born here in 1948.
- Valérie Fourneyron, politician was born here in 1959.
- Catherine Morin-Desailly, politician was born here in 1960.
- Alain Blondel, retired decathlete was born here in 1962.
- Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of Total was born here in 1963.
- Franck Dubosc, actor and comedian was born here in 1963.