La Londe

{{Infobox French commune

|name = La Londe

|commune status = Commune

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr La Londe (Seine-Maritime).svg

|arrondissement = Rouen

|canton = Elbeuf

|INSEE = 76391

|postal code = 76500

|mayor = Jean-Pierre Jaouen{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Métropole Rouen Normandie

|coordinates = {{coord|49.306|0.953|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 128

|elevation min m = 20

|elevation max m = 138

|area km2 = 30.98

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

La Londe ({{IPA|fr|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 {{convert|12|mi|km}} southwest of Rouen, at the junction of the D132 and the D38 roads. The commune borders the department of the Eure.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-76391#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |1423

|1975 |1672

|1982 |1738

|1990 |1900

|1999 |2007

|2007 |2222

|2012 |2274

|2017 |2334

}}

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

Image:LeBûcheronDeLaForêtDeLaLonde PaulRicher.jpg 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.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090122181817/http://mairie-la-londe.fr/dhtml/home.php Official commune website] {{in lang|fr}}

Category:Communes of Seine-Maritime

Category:1170 establishments in Europe

Category:1170s establishments in France