Coordinates: 49°26′38″N 1°06′12″E / 49.4439, 1.1033

Commune of Rouen
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Haute-Normandie (capital)
Department	Seine-Maritime (préfecture)
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Chief town of 7 cantons
Intercommunality	Communauté de l'agglomération Rouennaise
Mayor	Valérie Fourneyron (PS) (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	2 m–152 m (avg. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Haute-Normandie ( Upper Normandy) is one of the 26 regions of France. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Seine-Maritime is a French department in Normandy. Before 1955 it was known as Seine-Inférieure. A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Rouen is an arrondissement of France located in the Seine-Maritime département, in the Haute-Normandie The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The Agglomeration community of Rouen ( French: Communauté de l'agglomération Rouennaise) is the intercommunal structure gathering the commune A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The Socialist Party ( Parti Socialiste, PS is the largest left-wing political party in France. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 10 m)
Land area¹	21. 38 km²
Population² (1999)	106,592
- Density	4,986/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	76540/ 76000
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E

Rouen (pronounced [ʁwɑ̃] in French) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and currently the capital of the Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) région. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Seine (sɛn in French) is a slow flowing major River and commercial waterway within the regions of Île-de-France and Haute-Normandie Haute-Normandie ( Upper Normandy) is one of the 26 regions of France. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, Rouen was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages. The Exchequer was (and in some cases still is a part of the governments of England (latterly to include Wales) Scotland, and Northern Ireland It was one of the capitals of the Anglo-Norman dynasties, which ruled both England and large parts of modern France from the 11th century to the 15th century. The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the conquest by William of Normandy in 1066, although It was in Rouen where Joan of Arc was burnt in 1431. Joan of Arc (c 1412 Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' People from Rouen are called Rouennais.

The population of the metropolitan area (in French: aire urbaine) at the 1999 census was 518,316 inhabitants and 541,410 inhabitants at the 2007 estimate. The city proper has an estimated population of 109,000 in 2007.

Administration

Rouen is the capital of the Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) région, as well as a commune and the préfecture (capital) of the Seine-Maritime département. Haute-Normandie ( Upper Normandy) is one of the 26 regions of France. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Seine-Maritime is a French department in Normandy. Before 1955 it was known as Seine-Inférieure. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division

Rouen and 36 suburban communes of the metropolitan area form the Community of Agglomeration of Rouen Haute-Normandie, with 393,621 inhabitants in it at the 1999 census. An agglomeration community ( French: communauté d'agglomération) is a metropolitan government structure in France, created by the Chevènement In descending order of population, the largest of these suburbs are Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, Le Grand-Quevilly, Le Petit-Quevilly, and Mont-Saint-Aignan, each with a population exceeding 20,000 inhabitants. South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. Sotteville-lès-Rouen is a commune in the département of Seine-Maritime and the Haute-Normandie region Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray is a commune in the département of Seine-Maritime and the Haute-Normandie region Le Grand-Quevilly is a commune in the département of Seine-Maritime and the Haute-Normandie region of Le Petit-Quevilly is a commune in the département of Seine-Maritime and the Haute-Normandie region of Mont-Saint-Aignan is a town of Normandy in northwestern France.

History

Rouen was founded by the Gaulish tribe of the Veliocassi, who controlled a large area in the lower Seine valley. Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western The Seine (sɛn in French) is a slow flowing major River and commercial waterway within the regions of Île-de-France and Haute-Normandie They called it Ratumacos;^[1] the Romans called it Rotomagus. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC ^[2] Roman Rotomagus was the second city of Gallia Lugdunensis after Lugdunum (Lyon) itself. Gallia Lugdunensis was a province of the Roman Empire in what is now the modern country of France, part of the Celtic nation of Gaul This article is about the city in Gaul for other uses of Lugdunum see Lugdunum (disambiguation Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum (modern Under the reorganization of Diocletian, Rouen was the chief city of the divided province Gallia Lugdunensis II and reached the apogee of its Roman development, with an amphitheatre and thermae of which foundations remain. Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus ( ca. December 22 244 The modern historian Timothy Barnes takes December 22 as his birthdate This page is on buildings used for Roman bathing For the activity in general see Ancient Roman bathing. In the fifth century it became the seat of a bishopric, though the names of early bishops are purely legendary^[3] and later a capital of Merovingian Neustria. The Merovingians (also Merovings) were a Salian Frankish dynasty that came to rule the Franks in a region (known as Francia in Latin The territory of Neustria or Neustrasia, meaning "new land" originated in 511 made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the English Channel,

From their first incursion in the lower valley of the Seine in 841,^[4] the Normans overran Rouen; from 912 Rouen was the capital of the Duchy of Normandy and residence of the dukes until William the Conqueror established his castle at Caen. The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. The Duchy of Normandy stems from various Danish, Hiberno-Norse, Orkney Viking and Anglo-Danish ( from the Danelaw) invasions of Duke of Normandy is a Title held or claimed by various Norman, French, English and British rulers from the 10th century until the William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages Caen (kɑ̃ is a commune in northwestern France. It is the Prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the

In 1150 Rouen received its founding charter, permitting self-government. During the twelfth century Rouen was the site of a yeshiva; at that time, about 6,000 Jews lived in the town, comprising about 20% of the population, in addition to a large number of Jews scattered about another 100 communities in Normandy. Yeshiva or yeshivah (jəʃi'və ( Hebrew: ישיבה "sitting (n Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. The well-preserved remains of the yeshiva were discovered in the 1970s under the Rouen Law Courts, and the community has begun a project to restore them.

In 1200 a fire destroyed the old cathedral and the present Gothic cathedral of Rouen was begun. Rouen Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen is a Gothic Cathedral in Rouen, in northwestern France. On June 24, 1204 Philippe Auguste entered Rouen and definitively annexed Normandy to the French Kingdom. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Philip II Augustus (Philippe Auguste ( 21 August[[ 165]] &ndash 14 July 1223) was the King of France from 1180 until his death France in the Middle Ages covers an area roughly corresponding to modern day France, from the death of Charlemagne in 814 to the middle of the 15th He demolished the Norman castle and replaced it with his own, the Château Bouvreuil, built on the site of the Gallo-Roman amphitheatre. ^[5] A textile industry developed, based on wool imported from England, for which the cities of Flanders and Brabant were constantly competitors, and finding its market in the Champagne fairs. The Champagne fairs were an annual cycle of trading Fairs held in towns in the Champagne and Brie regions of France in the Middle Ages Rouen depended for its prosperity also on the river traffic of the Seine, of which it enjoyed a monopoly that reached as far upstream as Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Wine and wheat were exported to England, as tin and wool received in return. In the fourteenth century urban strife threatened the city: in 1291 the mayor was assassinated and noble residences in the city were pillaged. [[Philip IV of France}Philip IV]] reimposed order and suppressed the city's charter and the lucrative monopoly on river traffic; but he was quite willing for the Rouennais to repurchase their old liberties in 1294. In 1306 he decided to expel the Jewish community of Rouen, then numbering some five or six thousands. In 1389 another urban revolt of the underclass occurred, the Harelle; it was part of widespread rebellion in France that year^[6] and was suppressed with the withdrawal of Rouen's charter and river-traffic privileges once more.

During the Hundred Years' War, on January 19, 1419, Rouen surrendered to Henry V of England, who made Normandy once again a part of the Plantagenet domains. The Hundred Years' War (Guerre de Cent Ans was a prolonged conflict lasting from 1337 to 1453 between two royal houses for the French throne vacant with the extinction of the senior Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Henry V (16 September 1386 &ndash 31 August 1422 was one of the most significant English warrior kings of the 15th century Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. The House of Plantagenet (planˈtadʒɪnɪt also called the House of Anjou, or the First Angevin dynasty, was originally a noble Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen on May 30, 1431. Joan of Arc (c 1412 Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' Execution by burning has a long history as a method of Punishment for Crimes such as Treason, Heresy and Witchcraft Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following The French recaptured the town in 1449.

The city was heavily damaged during World War II on D-day and its famed cathedral was almost destroyed by Allied bombs. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including D-Day may also refer to Decimal Day in the United Kingdom. D-Day is a term often used in Military parlance to denote During the Nazi occupation, the German Navy had its headquarters located in a chateau on the École Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen campus. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German The German Navy ( Deutsche Marine ( is the Navy of Germany and part of the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces The Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen (ESC Rouen or "Rouen School of Management" is a leading French Business school.

Ecclesiastical history

Main article: Archbishop of Rouen

The chapter of Rouen, (which consists of the archbishop, a dean, fifty canons, and ten prebendaries), have, ever since the year 1156, enjoyed the annual privilege of pardoning, on Ascension day, some individual confined within the jurisdiction of the city for murder. The general and most common understanding of the Christian Doctrine of Ascension holds that Jesus bodily ascended to Heaven in the presence On the morning of Ascension day, the chapter, having heard many examinations and confessions read, proceed to the election of the criminal who is to be pardoned; and, the choice being made, his name is transmitted in writing to the parliament, which assemble on that day at the palace. The parliament then walk in procession to the great chamber, where the prisoner is brought before them in irons, and placed on a stool; he is informed that the choice has fallen upon him, and that he is entitled to the privilege of St. Romain.

After these preliminaries, he is delivered into the hands of the chaplain, who, accompanied by fifty armed men, conveys him to a chamber, where the chains are taken from his legs and bound about his arms; and in this condition he is conducted to a place named the Old Tower, where he awaits the coming of the procession. After some little time has elapsed, the procession sets out from the cathedral; two of the canons bear the shrine in which the relics of St. Romain are presumed to be preserved. When they have arrived at the Old Tower, the shrine is placed in the chapel, opposite to the criminal, who appears kneeling, with the chains on his arms. Then one of the canons, having made him repeat the confession, says the prayers usual at the time of giving absolution; after which service, the prisoner kneeling still, lifts up the shrine three times, amid the acclamations of the people assembled to behold the ceremony. The procession then returns to the cathedral, followed by the criminal, wearing a chaplet of flowers on his head, and carrying the shrine of the saint. After mass has been performed, he has a very serious exhortation addressed to him by a monk; and, lastly, he is conducted to an apartment near the cathedral, and is supplied with refreshments and a bed for that night. In the morning he is dismissed.

This privilege was justified by the legend of the Gargouille, a fearsome dragon, and how St. The gargouille was a dragon and Legendary creature originating from France. Romain defeated him with the help of a prisoner.

Sights

Rouen Cathedral

The entrance to Rouen Cathedral

The Church of Jeanne d'Arc

Abbey church of Saint-Ouen, (chevet) in Rouen

Rouen, medieval house

Rue St-Romain on a rainy day in Rouen

Rouen is known for its Notre Dame cathedral, with its Tour de Beurre (butter tower). APSE standing for Ada Programming Support Environment is a program or set of programs to support Software development in the Ada programming language. Rouen Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen is a Gothic Cathedral in Rouen, in northwestern France. The cathedral was the subject of a series of paintings by Claude Monet, some of which are exhibited in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Claude Monet ( French klod mɔnɛ also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (14 November 1840 &ndash 5 December 1926 was a founder The Musée d'Orsay is a Museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine, housed in the former railway station the Gare Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city

The Gros Horloge is an astronomical clock (dating back to the16th century) though the movement is considerably older (1389). An astronomical clock is a Clock with special Mechanisms and Dials to display Astronomical information such as the relative positions of It is located in the Gros Horloge street.

Other famous structures include the Gothic Church of Saint Maclou (15th century); the Tour Jeanne d'Arc, where Joan of Arc was brought in 1431 to be threatened with torture (contrary to popular belief, she was not imprisoned there); the Church of Saint Ouen (12th–15th century); the Palais de Justice, which was once the seat of the Parlement (French court of law) of Normandy and the Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics which contains a splendid collection of faïence and porcelain for which Rouen was renowned during the 16th to 18th centuries. See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. This article is for the Ancien Régime institution For the post-Revolutionary and present-day institution see French Parliament. For the architectural material see Glazed architectural terra-cotta. Porcelain is a Ceramic material made by heating raw materials generally including Clay in the form of Kaolin, in a Kiln to temperatures

Rouen is noted for its surviving half-timbered buildings. Timber framing (Fachwerk or Half-timbering, is the method of creating framed structures of heavy timber jointed together with pegged Mortise and tenon joints

There are many museums in Rouen: Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen, an art museum with pictures of well-known painters such as Monet, Musée maritime fluvial et portuaire, a museum on the history of the port of Rouen and navigation, Musée des antiquités, an art and history museum with antic or gothic works, Musée de la céramique, Musée Le Secq des Tournelles. Claude Monet ( French klod mɔnɛ also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (14 November 1840 &ndash 5 December 1926 was a founder The musée maritime fluvial et portuaire de Rouen is about the history of the port of Rouen, which is one the greatest port of France. . .

In the centre of the Place du Vieux Marché is the modern church of Saint Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc (c 1412 Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' This is a large, modern structure which dominates the square. The form of the building represents the pyre on which Joan of Arc was burnt.

Rouen was also home to the French Grand Prix, hosting the race at the nearby Rouen-Les-Essarts track sporadically between 1952 and 1968. The French Grand Prix ( Grand Prix de France) is a race held as part of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 's annual Formula One automobile Rouen-Les-Essarts was a 6542 Km (4065 Mile) Race track in Grand-Couronne, near Rouen, France. In comparison to previous seasons the 1952 Formula One season consisted of a relatively small number of Formula One races following the FIA's decision to run the World Drivers' The 1968 Formula One season included the 19th FIA Formula One World Championship season which commenced on January 1, 1968, and ended on

Transport

Rouen is served by a light rail system opened in 1994, the Métro. For specific light rail systems many of which use the words "light rail" as part of their name see List of light-rail transit systems. The Tramway de Rouen was a network of tramway lines in the Norman city of Rouen, France. It branches into two lines out of a metro tunnel running through the city center. Rouen is also served by buses run in conjunction with the tramway by the local transport authority, Metrobus.

Education

Higher education in Rouen is provided by University of Rouen, École Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen, located at nearby Mont-Saint-Aignan, INSA ROUEN and ESIGELEC. The Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen (ESC Rouen or "Rouen School of Management" is a leading French Business school. Mont-Saint-Aignan is a town of Normandy in northwestern France.

Births

Rouen was the birthplace of:

• Edward IV (1442-1483), king of England
• Isaac Oliver (c. Edward IV ( 28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 2 October Isaac Oliver (c 1565 &ndash bur October 2, 1617) was a French -born English Portrait miniature painter 1560-1617), French-born English portrait miniature painter
• Samuel Bochart (1599-1667), theologian and Orientalist
• Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), tragedian
• Guillaume Couture (1617-1701-04-04), Lay Missionary and diplomat who moved to Quebec around 1640
• Adrien Auzout (1622-1691), astronomer
• Thomas Corneille (1625-1709), dramatist, brother of Pierre Corneille
• Noel Alexandre (1630-1724), theologian and ecclesiastical historian
• Marie Champmeslé (1642-1698), actress
• René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643-1687), cleric and explorer
• Gabriel Daniel (1649-1728), Jesuit historian
• Nicolas Lemery (1645-1715), chemist
• Jean Jouvenet (1647-1717), painter
• Jacques Basnages (1653-1723), Protestant divine
• Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757), author
• Pierre Antoine Motteux (1663-1718), English translator and dramatist
• Pierre François le Courayer (1681-1776), Catholic theological writer
• François d'Agincourt (1684-1758), composer, harpsichordist and organist
• Jean Restout (1692 - 1768), painter
• Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711-1780), novelist
• Jacques-François Blondel (1705 - 1774), architect, urbanist
• Jacques Duphly (1715-1789), harpsichordist and composer
• François-Adrien Boïeldieu (1775-1834), composer, mainly of operas
• Pierre Louis Dulong (1785-1838), physicist and chemist
• Théodore Géricault (1791-1824), painter, painted The Raft of the Medusa
• Armand Carrel (1800-1836), writer
• Pierre Adolphe Chéruel (1809-1891), historian
• Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), novelist, who wrote Madame Bovary
• Eugène Ketterer (1831-1870), composer and pianist
• Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941), novelist, creator of the character Arsène Lupin
• Charles Nicolle (1866-1936), bacteriologist who earned the 1928 Nobel Prize in Medicine
• Georges Guillain (1876-1961), neurologist
• Marcel Dupré (1886-1971), organist and composer
• Philippe Étancelin (1896-1981), Grand Prix motor racing
• Roger Apéry (1916–1994), mathematician
• Jacques Rivette (born 1928), film director
• Anny Duperey (born 1947), actress and novelist
• François Hollande (born 1953), politician and

Parti Socialiste's first secretary

• Élise Lucet (born 1963), journalist
• Stéphan Caron (born 1966), freestyle swimmer
• Karin Viard (born 1966), actress
• Vincent Delerm (born 1976), singer-songwriter, pianist
• David Trezeguet (born 1977), French-Argentine football striker

Twin towns

Rouen is twinned with:

• Hanover, Germany
• Norwich, United Kingdom
• Ningbo, China
• Salerno, Italy, since 2003
• Wejherowo, Poland

In fiction and popular culture

Fine Art

Rouen Cathedral, Full Sunlight, by Claude Monet, 1894

• The Rouen Cathedral was the subject for a series of paintings by the Impressionist painter Claude Monet, who painted the same scene at different times of the day. A portrait miniature is a miniature Portrait painting usually executed in Gouache or watercolor. Samuel Bochart ( Rouen, 30 May 1599 - Caen, 16 May 1667) was a French Protestant biblical scholar a student of Thomas Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective Oriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures languages peoples history and archaeology in recent Pierre Corneille ( June 6, 1606 – October 1, 1684) was a French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth Century French Guillaume Couture (or Cousture) ( January 14 1618 – April 4 1701) was a citizen of New France. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Adrien Auzout ( January 28, 1622 &ndash May 23, 1691) was a French Astronomer. Historically Astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky while Astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena Thomas Corneille ( August 20, 1625 - December 8, 1709) was a French Dramatist. A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. Noël Alexandre, or Natalis Alexander (1639 Rouen, France - August 21, 1724, Paris) was a French theologian Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective Marie Champmeslé ( 18 February 1642 &ndash 15 May 1698) was a French Actress. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works René Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de LaSalle ( November 22, 1643 &ndash March 19, 1687) was a French This list of explorers is sorted by surname See also the links below. Gabriel Daniel ( February 8, 1649 - 1728 French Jesuit Historian, was born in Rouen. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it Nicolas Lémery ( November 17, 1645 - June 19, 1715) French chemist was born at Rouen who was one of the first to develop theories Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet ( 1644 - April 5, 1717) was a French painter He came from an artistic family one of whom Noel Jouvenet The following is a chronological list of French artists working in visual or plastic media (plus for some artists of the 20th century Performance art) Jacques Basnages De Beauval ( 1653 - September 23, 1723) was a celebrated Protestant divine preacher linguist writer and man of affairs Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, also referred to as Bernard le Bouyer de Fontenelle ( 11 February 1657 &ndash 9 January 1757) was An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Peter Anthony Motteux (born Pierre Antoine Motteux, February 25, 1663 &ndash February 18, 1718) was an English author playwright Translation is the interpreting of the meaning of a text and the subsequent production of an equivalent text likewise called a " translation Pierre François le Courayer ( November 17, 1681 - October 17, 1776) was a French Catholic theological writer Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective François d'Agincourt (also d'Agincour, Dagincourt, Dagincour) (1684 - April 30 1758 was a French Composer, Harpsichordist and A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance A harpsichordist is a person who plays the Harpsichord. Many baroque composers played the harpsichord including Johann Sebastian Bach, Domenico An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or Orchestra, or accompany Jean Restout ( 26 March 1692 - 1 January 1768) was a French Neoclassical painter Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont (born Rouen, France in 1711 died Chavanod, Savoie, in 1780 was a French Novelist. Jacques-François Blondel ( Rouen, January 17, 1705 — January 9 1774) was a French architect An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Jacques Duphly ( January 12, 1715 &ndash July 15, 1789) was a French harpsichordist and Composer. A harpsichord is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance François-Adrien Boieldieu ( December 16, 1775 in Rouen &ndash October 8, 1834 in Varennes-Jarcy, Essonne A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Pierre Louis Dulong ( February 12, 1785 &ndash July 19, 1838) was a French Physicist and Chemist, remembered A physicist is a Scientist who studies or practices Physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning A chemist is a Scientist trained in the Science of Chemistry. Théodore Géricault ( September 26, 1791 &ndash January 26, 1824) was an important French painter and lithographer known for The Raft of the Medusa (Le Radeau de la Méduse is a work by the French painter Théodore Géricault, and one of the icons of French Romanticism. Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Armand Carrel ( May 8, 1800 &ndash July 25, 1836) was a French writer Pierre Adolphe Chéruel ( January 17, 1809 - May 1, 1891) was a French Historian. See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it Gustave Flaubert (gystaːv flobɛːʁ in French ( December 12, 1821 &ndash May 8, 1880) was a French writer who is counted among A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Madame Bovary is a Novel by Gustave Flaubert, who was attacked for obscenity by public prosecutors when it was first serialized in La Revue de Eugène Ketterer (1831 Rouen, France - December 18, 1870 Paris) was a French composer and pianist Maurice-Marie-Émile Leblanc ( 11 November, 1864 - 6 November, 1941) was a French novelist and writer of Short stories, Arsène Lupin is a fictional Gentleman thief who appears in a Book series of Detective fiction / Crime fiction Novels written by Charles Jules Henry Nicolle ( September 21, 1866 Rouen - February 28, 1936) was a French Bacteriologist who received Microbiology (from Greek grc μῑκρος mīkros, "small" grc βίος bios, " Life " and grc -λογία The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Georges Charles Guillain ( March 3, 1876 - June 29, 1961) was a French Neurologist. Marcel Dupré (May 3 1886 &ndash May 30 1971 was a French Organist, Pianist, Composer, and Pedagogue. An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or Orchestra, or accompany A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Philippe Étancelin ( December 29, 1896 - October 13, 1981) was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver who joined the new Formula One Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894 Roger Apéry ( November 14 1916 – December 18 1994) was a Greek - French Mathematician most remembered for Jacques Rivette (born March 1, 1928) is a French Film director. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Anny Duperey (born Annie Legras on June 28 1947 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France) is an François Hollande (born August 12, 1954) is a French Politician. The Socialist Party ( Parti Socialiste, PS is the largest left-wing political party in France. Elise Lucet, born May 30, 1963 in Rouen ( Seine-Maritime) France, is a French Investigative journalist Stéphan Caron, sometimes spelled Stéphane Caron, (born 1 July 1966 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime) is a former freestyle Freestyle is an unregulated Swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance Karin Viard (born January 24 1966 is a multi-award winning French actress Vincent Delerm (born 31 August 1976 in Évreux) is a French Singer-songwriter, Pianist and composer Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra David Sergio Trezeguet (david sɛʀʒjo tʀezeˈgɛ (born 15 October, 1977 in Rouen, France) is a French football Striker For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. 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Literature

• The character Erik, or The Opera Ghost of Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera was supposedly born in Rouen. Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux ( 6 May, 1868, Paris France &ndash 15 April, 1927) was a French Journalist The Phantom of the Opera (in French, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a French Novel by Gaston Leroux.

Rouen also played a major part in the Flaubert novel "Madame Bovary. "

Music

• The British band Supergrass named their fifth studio album Road to Rouen, punning on an Anglicised version of the city's pronunciation. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Supergrass are an English Alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consists of brothers Gaz ( Guitar and Lead vocals Road to Rouen is the fifth studio Album by English Rock band Supergrass, released in the UK on 15 August 2005

Film

• In the 2001 movie A Knight's Tale, the protagonist William Thatcher played by Heath Ledger poses as a noble and competes in his first jousting tournament at Rouen. A Knight's Tale is a 2001 action / adventure / romantic comedy directed produced and written by Brian Helgeland. Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008 was an Australian television and film actor

Computer games

• The game Call of Duty 3 features a map set in Rouen. The map, entitled Rouen, is mainly city and offers fierce city fighting, much like that seen in World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

• In the Soul Calibur series of fighting games, Raphael, a playable character, is explained as being born in Rouen. is the second game in the ''Soul'' series of Fighting games developed and produced by Namco. Interestingly, his fighting style involves an English rapier. A rapier is a relatively slender sharply pointed Sword, used mainly for thrusting attacks mainly in use in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries

• Rouen appears as an important location to protagonist Alice Elliot in the game Shadow Hearts. is a Console role-playing game developed by Sacnoth and published by Aruze Corp in Japan and in the United States and Europe by Midway in 2001

See also

• Saint Ouen (catholic saint)

Notes

External links

• Site of the Tourist Board
• City council website
• (French) Rouen Activities
• (French) Télévision de l'agglomération rouennaise
• Objectif Rouen : Pictures and descriptions of the most famous monuments
• The Catholic Encyclopedia 1908 detailed ecclesiastical history
• Photo galleries (free of rights): [1] [2]
• Photos of Eglise Saint Maclou
• Joan of Arc's execution
• Photo gallery of Rouen
• Rouen, Its History and Monuments, by Théodore Licquet, 1840, from Project Gutenberg