Jumièges

Jumièges
Ruins of the abbey of Jumièges
Coat of arms
Jumièges
Location within Normandy region  Jumièges
Coordinates: 49°26′04″N 0°49′17″E / 49.4344°N 0.8214°E / 49.4344; 0.8214Coordinates: 49°26′04″N 0°49′17″E / 49.4344°N 0.8214°E / 49.4344; 0.8214
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Duclair
Intercommunality	Seine-Austreberthe
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Joëlle Tétard
Area1	18.75 km2 (7.24 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,736
• Density	93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	76378 /76480
Elevation	0–83 m (0–272 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Jumièges is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

A forestry and farming village situated in a meander of the river Seine, some 21 kilometres (13 mi) west of Rouen, at the junction of the D65 and the D143 roads. A ferry service operates here, connecting the commune with the south and west sides of the river.

It is best known as the site of Jumièges Abbey, a typical Norman abbey of the Romanesque period, and the home of the pro-Norman chronicler William of Jumièges who wrote the Gesta Normannorum Ducum about 1070. Now ruined, the abbey dates from 1067, when it was consecrated in the presence of William the Conqueror.