La Londe

❧

Wikipedia

La Londe
Commune
Coat of arms of La Londe
Coat of arms
Location of La Londe
La Londe is located in France
La Londe
La Londe
La Londe is located in Normandy
La Londe
La Londe
Coordinates: 49°18′22″N 0°57′11″E / 49.306°N 0.953°E / 49.306; 0.953
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonElbeuf
IntercommunalityMétropole Rouen Normandie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Jaouen[1]
Area
1
30.98 km2 (11.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
2,372
 • Density76.57/km2 (198.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76391 /76500
Elevation20–138 m (66–453 ft)
(avg. 128 m or 420 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Londe (French pronunciation: [la lɔ̃d]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. It was first mentioned in historical records in 1170.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated some 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Rouen, at the junction of the D132 and the D38 roads. The commune borders the department of the Eure.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,423—    
1975 1,672+2.33%
1982 1,738+0.55%
1990 1,900+1.12%
1999 2,007+0.61%
2007 2,222+1.28%
2012 2,274+0.46%
2017 2,334+0.52%
Source: INSEE[3]

Toponymy

Lunda around 1170. There are more than 100 place-names la Londe in Normandy. It means "the wood, the grove". It derives from Old Norse lundr "grove".

Places of interest

«Le bûcheron de la forêt de La Londe», sculpted by Paul Richer in 1899
  • A memorial to the Canadian soldiers that liberated the town in August 1944.
  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • A seventeenth-century château.
  • A stone cross from the sixteenth century.
  • Some Roman ruins.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE