Bois-l'Évêque

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Frédéric Tihi^[1]Area7.21 km² (2.78 sq mi)Population612 • Density85/km² (220/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation100–163 m (328–535 ft)
(avg. 145 m or 476 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bois-l'Évêque (French pronunciation: [bwa levɛk]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated some 8 miles (13 km) east of Rouen at the junction of the D53 and the D43 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	175	—
1975	202	+2.07%
1982	260	+3.67%
1990	290	+1.37%
1999	368	+2.68%
2007	494	+3.75%
2012	500	+0.24%
2017	554	+2.07%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
• Remnants of the 13th-century priory de Beaulieu.
• The nineteenth century Château de Bethel.
• Ruins of a 13th-century chapel.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References