Editing Rouen

{{Short description|Prefecture and commune in Normandy, France}}
{{About|the capital of Normandy}}
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Rouen
|commune status         = [[Prefectures of France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]]
|image = Rouen mosaique.png
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|caption = From left to right, top to bottom: partial view of the city and the Seine from Côte Sainte-Catherine; the courthouse; Place du Vieux-Marché; [[rue du Gros-Horloge]], at night; [[Rouen Cathedral]]; the National Museum of Education; sailboats during the 2019 edition of the Armada; the [[Pont Gustave-Flaubert|Gustave-Flaubert Bridge]].
|image flag = Flag of Rouen.gif
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|image coat of arms = Coat of Arms of Rouen.svg
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|flag legend =
|coat of arms legend =
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|coordinates = {{Coord|49|26|34|N|01|05|19|E|type:city_region:FR-NO|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 76540
|arrondissement = Rouen
|canton = [[Cantons of Rouen|3 cantons]]
|intercommunality = [[Métropole Rouen Normandie]]
|mayor = [[Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol]]<ref>{{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|access-date=4 December 2022|archive-date=28 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628030259/https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|url-status=live}}</ref>
|party = [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
|term = 2020&ndash;2026
|area km2 = 21.38
|area footnotes =
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|population ranking = [[List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants|36th in France]]
|urban area km2 = 461.1
|urban area date = 2018
|urban pop = 470369
|urban pop date = 2018
|metro area km2 = 2792.2
|metro area date = 2018
|metro area pop = 702945
|metro area pop date = 2018
|website = [http://www.rouen.fr www.rouen.fr]
}}

'''Rouen''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˈ|r|uː|ɑ̃|,_|ˈ|r|uː|ɒ|n}}, {{IPAc-en|US|r|uː|ˈ|ɑ̃|,_|r|uː|ˈ|ɒ|n}};<ref>{{cite LPD|3}}</ref><ref>{{cite EPD|18}}</ref> {{IPA|fr|ʁwɑ̃|lang|Fr.Rouen.ogg}} <small>or</small> {{IPA|fr|ʁu.ɑ̃|}}){{needs IPA|Norman|lang=nrf|date=November 2023}} is a city on the River [[Seine]], in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of [[Regions of France|region]] of [[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandy]] and the [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Seine-Maritime]]. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities of [[medieval Europe]], the population of the metropolitan area ({{langx|fr|[[functional area (France)|aire d'attraction]]}}) is 702,945 (2018).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=AAV2020-015+UU2020-00755+COM-76540|title=Comparateur de territoire|publisher=[[INSEE]]|access-date=16 June 2022|archive-date=16 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616110916/https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=AAV2020-015+UU2020-00755+COM-76540|url-status=live}}</ref> People from Rouen are known as ''Rouennais''.

Rouen was the seat of the [[Exchequer of Normandy]] during the Middle Ages. It was one of the capitals of the [[Anglo-Normans|Anglo-Norman]] and [[Angevin kings of England|Angevin]] dynasties, which ruled both [[England]] and large parts of modern France from the 11th to the 15th centuries. From the [[13th century]] onwards, the city experienced a remarkable economic boom, thanks in particular to the development of textile factories and river trade. Claimed by both the French and the English during the [[Hundred Years' War]], it was on its soil that [[Joan of Arc]] was tried and burned alive on 30 May 1431. Severely damaged by the wave of [[Operation Overlord|bombing in 1944]], it nevertheless regained its [[economic dynamism]] in the post-war period thanks to its industrial sites and its large seaport, which merged with the ports of Le Havre and Paris in 2021 to form the HAROPA Port.<ref name="haropa">{{Cite web |date=10 March 2023 |title=Our history |url=https://www.haropaport.com/en/our-history |access-date=26 June 2024 |website=HAROPA Port}}</ref>

Endowed with a prestige established during the [[France in the Middle Ages|medieval era]], and with a long architectural heritage in its historical monuments, Rouen is an important cultural capital. Several renowned establishments are located here, such as the [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen|Museum of Fine Arts]], Le Secq des Tournelles museum, and [[Rouen Cathedral]].

[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen|Seat of an archdiocese]], it also hosts a court of appeal and a [[University of Rouen|university]]. Every four to six years, Rouen becomes the showcase for a large gathering of sailing ships called "L'Armada"; this event makes the city an occasional capital of the maritime world.

==History==
{{main|History of Rouen}}
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Rouen was founded by the [[Gaul]]ish tribe of the [[Veliocasses]], who controlled a large area in the lower Seine valley. They called it ''Ratumacos''; the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] called it ''Rotomagus''. It was considered the second city of [[Gallia Lugdunensis]] after [[Lugdunum]] ([[Lyon]]) itself. 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. In the 5th century, it became the seat of a bishopric and later a capital of [[Merovingian]] [[Neustria]].

From their first incursion into the lower valley of the Seine in 841, the [[Normans]] overran Rouen.  From 912, Rouen was the capital of the [[Duchy of Normandy]] and residence of the [[duke of Normandy|local dukes]], until [[William the Conqueror]] moved his residence to [[Caen]].<ref>Stratford, Jenny., and British Archaeological Association. ''Medieval Art, Architecture, and Archaeology at Rouen''. Conference Transactions for the Year ... ; 1986. London]: British Archaeological Association, 1993.</ref> In 1150, Rouen received its founding charter which permitted [[self-government]].

During the 12th century, Rouen was the site of a [[yeshiva]] known as [[:fr:Maison sublime|La Maison Sublime]]. Discovered in 1976, it is now a museum.<ref>{{Cite web |last=<!--Not stated--> |title=Sauvons La Maison Sublime de l'oubli |url=http://www.lamaisonsublime.fr/ |access-date=2019-09-04 |website=La Maison Sublime de Rouen |language=fr |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202539/http://www.lamaisonsublime.fr/ |url-status=live }}</ref> At that time, about 6,000 Jews lived in the town, comprising about 20% of the population.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

On 24 June 1204, King [[Philip II Augustus]] of France entered Rouen and definitively annexed Normandy to the [[France in the Middle Ages|French Kingdom]]. He demolished the Norman castle and replaced it with his own, the {{lang|fr|[[château Bouvreuil]]}}, built on the site of the [[Gallo-Roman]] amphitheatre.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} 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]]. Rouen also depended for its prosperity on the river traffic of the Seine, on which it enjoyed a monopoly that reached as far upstream as [[Paris]].{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

In the 13th and 14th centuries 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 to allow the Rouennais to repurchase their old liberties in 1294.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} In 1306, he decided to expel the Jewish community of Rouen, then numbering some five or six thousand. In 1389, another urban revolt of the underclass occurred, the ''[[Harelle]]''. It was suppressed with the withdrawal of Rouen's charter and river-traffic privileges once more.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

During the [[Hundred Years' War]], on 19 January 1419, Rouen surrendered after a [[Siege of Rouen (1418–1419)|long siege]] to [[Henry V of England]], who annexed [[Normandy]] once again to the [[House of Plantagenet|Plantagenet domains]]. French soldier [[Alain Blanchard]] summarily hung English prisoners of war from the city walls during the siege, for which he was beheaded after Rouen fell, while [[Canon (priest)|canon]] and [[vicar general]] of Rouen [[Robert de Livet]] excommunicated Henry V, resulting in him being imprisoned for five years in England.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} [[Joan of Arc]], who supported a return to French rule, was [[burned at the stake]] on 30 May 1431 in Rouen, where most inhabitants supported the duke of Burgundy, the French king's enemy. The king of France, [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]], recaptured the town in 1449.

Rouen was staunchly Catholic during the [[French Wars of Religion]], and underwent an unsuccessful [[Siege of Rouen (1591)|five-month siege]] in 1591/2 by the Protestant [[Henry IV of France]] and an English force under [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex|Earl of Essex]]. A brief account by an English participant has survived.<ref> 'Memoirs of Robert Carey', (F.H.Mares (ed.), Oxford, 1972), pp.&nbsp;18–21.</ref>

During the [[repression of January and February 1894]], the police conducted raids targeting the [[anarchists]] living there, without much success.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |date=3 January 1894 |title=Les anarchistes |trans-title=The anarchists |work=La Dépêche |pages=2}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite journal |date=2 January 1894 |title=Deux mille perquisitions |journal=L'Estafette |pages=2}}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite news |date=3 January 1894 |title=Une série générale de perquisitions : résultat négatif des recherches |trans-title=A general series of raids: negative results |work=L'Éclair}}</ref> The first competitive motor race ran from Paris to Rouen in 1894.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

During the [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|German occupation in World War II]], the [[Kriegsmarine]] had its headquarters located in a chateau on what is now the [[Rouen Business School]]. The city was heavily damaged during the same war on [[D-Day]], and its famed cathedral was almost destroyed by Allied bombs.

==Main sights==
[[File:Cathédrale de Rouen vue de l'Opéra.JPG|thumb|left|Left to right: St [[Ouen]], Notre Dame, St Maclou]]
[[File:Gros-Horloge, détail.jpg|thumb|[[Gros Horloge|Gros-Horloge]]]]

Rouen is known for [[Rouen Cathedral]], with its ''Tour de Beurre'' (''butter tower'') financed by the sale of [[indulgences]] for the consumption of butter during [[Lent]]. The cathedral's gothic façade (completed in the 16th century) was the subject of [[Rouen Cathedral (Monet)|a series of paintings]] by [[Claude Monet]], some of which are exhibited in the [[Musée d'Orsay]] in Paris.

The ''[[Gros Horloge]]'' is an [[astronomical clock]] dating back to the 14th century.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Derek |date=5 August 2017 |title=Normandy full of beauty and history |publisher=Delaware State News |url=http://delawarestatenews.net/people/normandy-full-of-beauty-and-history/}}</ref> It is located in the [[Rue du Gros-Horloge|Gros Horloge street]].

{{panoViewer|Place Barthélémy, Rouen, France – 360° panorama 2019.jpg|Place Barthélémy with the church St Maclou, 360°-panorama 2019}}

Other famous structures include [[Rouen Castle]], whose keep is known as 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 but in the ''tour de lady Pucelle''(since destroyed); the ''[[Church of St. Ouen, Rouen|Church of Saint Ouen]]'' (12th–15th century); the ''[[courthouse|Palais de Justice]]'', which was once the seat of the ''[[Parlement]]'' (French court of law) of Normandy; the [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] ''[[Church of Saint-Maclou|Church of St Maclou]]'' (15th century); 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. Rouen is also noted for its surviving [[half-timbered]] buildings.

There are many museums in Rouen: the [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen]], an art museum with paintings by well-known artists such as [[Claude Monet]] and [[Géricault]]; the [[Maritime, Fluvial and Harbour Museum of Rouen|Musée maritime fluvial et portuaire]], a museum on the history of the port of Rouen and navigation; [[Museum of Antiquities (Rouen)|Musée des Antiquités]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Musées en Haute-Normandie |url=http://www.musees-haute-normandie.fr/fiche.php3?lang=en&id_article=1393 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116171607/http://www.musees-haute-normandie.fr/fiche.php3?lang=en&id_article=1393 |archive-date=16 November 2006 |access-date=4 February 2014 |publisher=Musees-haute-normandie.fr}}</ref> an art and history museum with local works from the Bronze Age through the Renaissance; the [[Rouen Ceramic Museum|Musée de la céramique]], the Museum of Natural History, founded in 1834 and re-opened in 2007;<ref>La Réunion des Musées Métropolitains, [https://museumderouen.fr/fr/museum-d-histoire-naturelle Museum d'Histoire Naturelle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325075544/https://museumderouen.fr/fr/museum-d-histoire-naturelle |date=25 March 2023 }} (in French), accessed 25 March 2023</ref> and the Musée Le Secq des Tournelles, which houses various collections of objects.<ref>La Réunion des Musées Métropolitains, [https://museelesecqdestournelles.fr/en Musée Le Secq des Tournelles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325075539/https://museelesecqdestournelles.fr/en |date=25 March 2023 }}, accessed 25 March 2023</ref>

The [[Jardin des Plantes de Rouen]] is a notable [[botanical garden]] once owned by Scottish banker [[John Law (economist)|John Law]], dating from 1840 in its present form. It was the site of [[Élisa Garnerin]]'s parachute jump from a balloon in 1817. There is also a park and garden at the Champs de Mars, to the east of the city centre. The [[Paris–Rouen (motor race)|Paris–Rouen motor race]] of 1894, ''Le Petit Journal'' Horseless Carriages Contest, ended at the Champs de Mars.<ref>Nye, D., [https://www.goodwood.com/grr/race/historic/2019/6/the-1894-paris-rouen-trial-the-race-that-wasnt-a-race/  The 1894 Paris‑Rouen Trial, the very first competitive motorsport event] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117073058/https://www.goodwood.com/grr/race/historic/2019/6/the-1894-paris-rouen-trial-the-race-that-wasnt-a-race/ |date=17 November 2022 }}, ''Goodwood Road and Racing'', published 5 June 2019, accessed 17 November 2022</ref>

In the centre of the Place du Vieux Marché (the site of Joan of Arc's pyre)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rouen . visite-de-rouen.com . Place du Vieux Marché |url=http://www.visite-de-rouen.com/vieuxmar.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928180504/http://www.visite-de-rouen.com/vieuxmar.htm |archive-date=28 September 2011 |access-date=16 September 2011 |publisher=Visite-de-rouen.com}}</ref> is the modern [[church of St Joan of Arc]]. This is a large, modern structure which dominates the square. The form of the building represents an upturned [[Viking]] boat and a fish shape.<ref>[[:fr:Église Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc de Rouen]]</ref>

Rouen was also home to the [[French Grand Prix]], hosting the race at the nearby [[Rouen-Les-Essarts]] track sporadically between 1952 and 1968. In 1999 Rouen authorities demolished the grandstands and other remnants of Rouen's racing past. Today, little remains beyond the public roads that formed the circuit.

Rouen has an [[Rouen Opera House|opera house]], whose formal name is "Rouen Normandy Opera House – Theatre of Arts" (in French: ''Opéra de Rouen Normandie – Théâtre des arts'').

==Transport==
{{main|Transport in Rouen}}
[[File:Rouen Citadis trams II.jpg|thumb|The [[Rouen tramway|tramway]]]]

Mainline trains operate from [[Gare de Rouen-Rive-Droite]] to [[Le Havre]] and Paris, and regional trains to [[Caen]], [[Dieppe]] and other local destinations in [[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandy]]. Daily direct trains operate to [[Amiens]] and [[Lille]], and direct [[TGV]]s (high-speed trains) connect daily with [[Lyon]] and [[Marseille]].

City transportation in Rouen consists of a tram and a bus system. The [[Tramway de Rouen#Former tram system|tramway]] branches into two lines out of a tunnel under the city centre. Rouen is also served by TEOR ([[Transport Est-Ouest Rouennais]]) and by buses run in conjunction with the tramway by [[Transports en Commun de l'Agglomération Rouennaise|TCAR (Transports en commun de l'agglomération rouennaise)]], a subsidiary of [[Transdev]].

Rouen has its own [[Rouen Airport|airport]].

The [[Seine]] is a major axis for maritime cargo links in the Port of Rouen. The Cross-Channel ferry ports of [[Caen]], [[Le Havre]], [[Dieppe]] (50 minutes) and [[Calais]], and the [[Channel Tunnel]] are within easy driving distance (two and a half hours or less).

==Administration==
[[File:Hôtel de ville Rouen3.JPG|thumb|[[Hôtel de Ville, Rouen|Hôtel de Ville]]]]

Rouen and its metropolitan area of 70 suburban communes form the [[Métropole Rouen Normandie]], with 494,382 inhabitants at the 2010 census. 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. The city council is based at the [[Hôtel de Ville, Rouen|Hôtel de Ville]].<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00100851}}</ref>

==Population==
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |84323
|1800 |80755
|1806 |86672
|1821 |86736
|1831 |88086
|1836 |92083
|1841 |96002
|1846 |99295
|1851 |100265
|1856 |103223
|1861 |102649
|1866 |100671
|1872 |102470
|1876 |104902
|1881 |105906
|1886 |107163
|1891 |112352
|1896 |113219
|1901 |116316
|1906 |118459
|1911 |124987
|1921 |123712
|1926 |122898
|1931 |122957
|1936 |122832
|1946 |107739
|1954 |116540
|1962 |120857
|1968 |120471
|1975 |114834
|1982 |101945
|1990 |102723
|1999 |106592
|2007 |108569
|2012 |111557
|2017 |110145
|2022 |116331
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|29752|Rouen}}</ref> and INSEE (1968–2022)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-76540#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924215056/https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-76540#ancre-POP_T1 |date=24 September 2022 }}, INSEE</ref><ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8288323?geo=COM-76540 Populations de référence 2022], INSEE</ref>
}}

==Education==
The main schools of higher education are the [[University of Rouen]] and [[NEOMA Business School]] (former [[École Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen]]), [[Unilasalle]] (agronomy and agriculture), both located at nearby [[Mont-Saint-Aignan]], and the [[INSA Rouen]], [[ESIGELEC]], [[École supérieure d'ingénieurs en technologies innovantes|ESITech]] and the [[CESI (Education)|CESI]], the three at nearby [[Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray]].

==Culture==
The main opera company in Rouen is the Opéra de Rouen – Normandie. The company performs in the Théâtre des Arts, 7 rue du Docteur Rambert. The company presents opera, classical and other types of music, both vocal and instrumental, as well as dance performances.<ref>[http://www.operaderouen.fr/ Opéra de Rouen – Haute-Normandie official web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504142120/http://www.operaderouen.fr/ |date=4 May 2010 }}.</ref> Every five years, the city hosts the large maritime exposition, '''L'Armada'''.<ref>[http://www.armada.org/en/armada Rouen –  Armada website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804140454/http://www.armada.org/en/armada |date=4 August 2018 }}.</ref>

The city is represented by [[Quevilly-Rouen]] football club, currently in the [[Championnat National]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Site Officiel de QRM - Quevilly Rouen Métropole |url=https://qrm.fr/ |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=QRM |language=fr-FR |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601112652/https://qrm.fr/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  Officially called [[US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole|Union Sportive Quevillaise-Rouen Métropole]], the club play at the 12,018 capacity [[Stade Robert Diochon]] in nearby [[Le Petit-Quevilly]].  [[Rouen Normandie Rugby]] represent the city in Rugby Union.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rouen Normandie Rugby – Ensemble plus vite plus loin |url=https://rouennormandierugby.fr/ |access-date=2022-06-09 |language=fr-FR |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520180231/https://rouennormandierugby.fr/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  One of few professional rugby teams from northern France, [[Rouen Normandie Rugby]], currently play in the second-tier [[Pro D2]]. [[Dragons de Rouen]], an ice hockey club, play in the top-tier [[Ligue Magnus]] at the [[Île Lacroix]] arena.  [[Baseball]] is also played in the city at Stade Saint Exupéry.  The local team, [[Huskies de Rouen]] play in the top French tier, they also play some games in European competition.

==Notable residents==
[[File:King Edward IV.jpg|thumb|140px|King Edward IV]]
[[File:Pierre Corneille 2.jpg|thumb|140px|Pierre Corneille]]
[[File:Jacob van Loo Thomas Corneille.JPG|thumb|140px|Thomas Corneille]]
[[File:Jean Jouvenet Selfportrait.jpg|thumb|140px|Jean Jouvenet]]
[[File:Maurice Quentin de La Tour - Jean Restout - Musée Antoine-Lécuyer.jpg|thumb|140px|Jean Restout]]
[[File:Gustave Flaubert.jpg|thumb|140px|Gustave Flaubert, 1865]]
[[File:A class at the Lycée Pierre-Corneille, Rouen 1902, Robert Antoine Pinchon and Marcel Duchamp.jpg|thumb|A class at the Lycée Pierre-Corneille, Rouen 1902, artists [[Robert Antoine Pinchon]] (second row, right) and [[Marcel Duchamp]] (third row, left)]]
[[File:Salon des Artistes Rouennais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, c.1930.jpg|thumb|Salon des Artistes Rouennais, [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen]], {{Circa|1930}}]]
[[File:François Hollande - 2017 (27869823159) (cropped 2).jpg|thumb|140px|François Hollande, 2017]]

Rouen was the birthplace of:
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* [[Noel Alexandre]] (1639–1724), theologian and ecclesiastical historian.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Alexandre, Noël |volume= 1 | page = 568 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Joseph-Henri Altès]] (1826–1895), flautist and pedagog
* [[Roger Apéry]] (1916–1994), mathematician
* {{ill|Thomas Aubert|fr|Thomas Aubert (navigateur)}} (b. 1500s), explorer
* [[Adrien Auzout]] (1622–1691), astronomer
* [[Jacques Basnages]] (1653–1723), Protestant theologian.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Basnage, Jacques |volume= 3  | page = 484 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Juliette Billard]], (1889–1975), architect, watercolorist, designer
* [[Petit Biscuit]] (b. 1999), music producer
* [[Jacques-François Blondel]] (1705–1774), architect.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Blondel, Jacques François |volume= 4 | pages = 76&ndash;77 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Samuel Bochart]] (1599–1667), Protestant theologian.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bochart, Samuel |volume= 4 | page = 106 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[François-Adrien Boïeldieu]] (1775–1834), composer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Boieldieu, François Adrien |volume= 4 | page = 139 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Charles Boulanger de Boisfremont]] (1773-1838), painter<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hellis |first=Eugène Clément |url=http://archive.org/details/noticehistorique00hell |title=Notice historique et critique sur M. Boulanger de Boisfremont, peintre d'histoire, membre de l'Académie de Rouen |date=1838 |publisher=Rouen : Impr. d'Emile Periaux |others=Getty Research Institute}}</ref>
* [[Eugène Caron]] (1834–1903), opera singer
* [[Stéphan Caron]] (b. 1966), swimmer
* [[Armand Carrel]] (1800–1836), writer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Carrel, Jean Baptiste Nicolas Armand |volume= 5 | page = 401 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]] (1643–1687), explorer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= La Salle, René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de |volume= 16 |last= Whinery |first= Charles Crawford | pages = 230&ndash;231 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Marie Champmeslé]] (1642–1698), actress.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Champmeslé, Marie |volume= 5 | page = 831 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Pierre Adolphe Chéruel]] (1809–1891), historian.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Chéruel, Pierre Adolphe |volume= 6 | page = 89 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Pierre Corneille]] (1606–1684), tragedian.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Corneille, Pierre |volume= 7 |last= Saintsbury |first= George |author-link= George Saintsbury | pages = 163&ndash;167 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Corneille]] (1625–1709), dramatist, brother of Pierre Corneille.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Corneille, Thomas |volume= 7 |last= Saintsbury |first= George |author-link= George Saintsbury | page = 167 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Guillaume Couture]] (1617–1701), lay missionary and diplomat
* [[François d'Agincourt]] (1684–1758), composer
* [[Pierre Dangicourt]] (1664–1727), mathematician
* [[Gabriel Daniel]] (1649–1728), Jesuit historian.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Daniel, Gabriel |volume= 7 | page = 808 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[François Blouet de Camilly]] (1664–1723), Catholic Archbishop
* [[François de Civille]] (1537–1610), military commander
* [[Anne Mauduit de Fatouville]] (mid 17th C – 1715), playwright
* [[Guy de la Brosse]] (1586–1641), botanist and pharmacist
* [[Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant]] (1594–1661), poet.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Saint-Amant, Marc Antoine de Gérard, Sieur de |volume= 23 | page = 1014 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Léon de Saint-Réquier]] (1872–1964), organist and composer
* [[Adrien Charles Deshommets de Martainville]] (1783–1847), politician
* [[Marcel Duchamp]] (1887–1968), artist
* [[Pierre Louis Dulong]] (1785–1838), physicist and chemist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Dulong, Pierre Louis |volume= 8 | pages = 852&ndash;853 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Anny Duperey]] (b. 1947), actress and novelist
* [[Jacques Duphly]] (1715–1789), composer
* [[Marcel Dupré]] (1886–1971), composer
* [[Edward IV]] (1442–1483), King of England.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Edward IV. |volume= 8 |last= Kingsford |first= Charles Lethbridge |author-link= Charles Lethbridge Kingsford| page = 995&ndash;996 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk]] (1444-c1503), sister of Edward IV, married [[John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk|John de la Pole]], Plantagenet.
* [[Philippe Étancelin]] (1896–1981), race car driver
* [[Fayçal Fajr]] (b. 1988), footballer
* [[Gustave Flaubert]] (1821–1880), novelist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Flaubert, Gustave |volume= 10 |last= Gosse |first= Edmund William |author-link= Edmund William Gosse| pages = 483&ndash;484 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Pierre Gasly]] (b. 1996), Formula One driver
* [[Théodore Géricault]] (1791–1824), painter.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Géricault, Jean Louis André Théodore |volume= 11 | page = 768 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Alexis Gougeard]] (b. 1993), cyclist
* [[Pierre-Antoine Guéroult]] (1749–1816), scholar
* {{ill|Guillaume Guéroult|fr}} (1507–1569), poet
* {{ill|Nicolas Gueudeville|fr}} (1652–1721), Catholic writer
* [[Georges Guillain]] (1876–1961), neurologist
* [[Marie-Madeleine Hachard]] (1708–1760), nun and abbess
* [[Armand Havet]] (1795–1820), botanist
* [[François Hollande]] (b. 1954), 24th [[President of the French Republic]]
* Robert Hubert ({{Circa|1640}}-1666), executed in England for falsely confessing to starting the [[Great Fire of London]]
* [[Jean II Restout]] (1692–1768), painter.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Restout, Jean |volume= 23 | page = 200 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Jean Jouvenet]] ({{Circa|1644}}–1717), painter of religious subjects.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Jouvenet, Jean |volume= 15 | page = 525 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Jean Jouvenet]] (1647–1717), painter.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Jouvenet, Jean |volume= 15  | page = 525 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Eugène Ketterer]] (1831–1870), composer
* [[Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle]] (1657–1757), author, nephew of Pierre Corneille.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de |volume= 10  | pages = 608&ndash;609 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Jean-Laurent Le Cerf de La Viéville]] (1674–1707), musicographer
* [[Pierre François le Courayer]] (1681–1776), theologian.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Courayer, Pierre François le |volume= 7 | page = 318 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert]] (1646–1714) economist and lawmaker.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Boisguilbert, Pierre le Pesant |volume= 4 | page = 154 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Maurice Leblanc]] (1864–1941), novelist
* [[Jean Lecanuet]] (1920–1993), politician
* [[Jean-Yves Lechevallier]] (b. 1946), sculptor
* [[Nicolas Lemery]] (1645–1715), chemist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Lemery, Nicolas |volume= 16 | page = 410 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont]] (1711–1780), novelist
* [[Louise Levesque]] (1703–1745), playwright, poet
* [[Dominique Lokoli]] (b. 1952), footballer
* [[Lola Lovinfosse]] (b. 2005), racing driver
* [[Élise Lucet]] (b. 1963), journalist
* [[Ian Mahinmi]] (b. 1986), basketball player
* [[Alphonse Maille]] (1813–1865) botanist
* [[Théo Maledon]] (b. 2001), basketball player
* [[Christophe Mendy]] (b. 1971), boxer
* [[Jean-Amédée Méreaux]] (1802–1874), musicologist, pianist and composer 
* [[Céline Minard]] (b. 1969), writer
* [[Pierre Antoine Motteux]] (1663–1718), French-born English dramatist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Motteux, Pierre Antoine |volume= 18 | page = 931 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Iliman Ndiaye]] (b. 2000), footballer
* [[Charles Nicolle]] (1866–1936), bacteriologist
* [[Isaac Oliver]] (1556–1617), French-born English painter.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Oliver, Isaac |volume= 20 |last= Williamson |first= George Charles |author-link= George Charles Williamson | page = 88 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Nathalie Péchalat]] (b. 1983), ice dancer
* [[Thomas Pesquet]] (b. 1978), astronaut
* [[Robert Antoine Pinchon]] (1886–1943), painter
* [[François Raguenet]] (1660–1722), historian, biographer and musicologist
* [[Jacques Rivette]] (1928–2016), film director
* [[Armand Salacrou]] (1899–1989), dramatist
* [[Aurélien Tchouaméni]] (b. 2000), footballer
* [[David Trezeguet]] (b. 1977), footballer
* [[Amaury Vassili]] (b. 1989), singer
* [[Karin Viard]] (b. 1966), actress
* [[Hubert Wulfranc]] (b. 1956), Member of Parliament

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}

Rouen is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States]], since 1963<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 July 1964 |title=French Club Will Observe Bastile Day |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/image/v2%3A138F0D9908AC8D5F%40EANX-13B15DBE78A96EF9%402438579-13B0BB4F1EB521B3%4043-13B0BB4F1EB521B3%40?p=AMNEWS&hlterms=%22Will+Observe%22 |website=Baton Rouge Morning Advocate (sec. D, p. 10)}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Hannover]], [[Germany]], since 1966<ref name="Hanover">{{Cite web |title=Hanover – Twin Towns |url=http://www.hannover.de/de/buerger/entwicklung/partnerschaften/staedte_regionspartnerschaften/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724012346/http://www.hannover.de/de/buerger/entwicklung/partnerschaften/staedte_regionspartnerschaften/index.html |archive-date=24 July 2011 |access-date=17 July 2009 |publisher=hanover.de/ Hannover.de – Offizielles Portal der Landeshauptstadt und der Region Hannover in Zusammenarbeit mit hier.de |language=de}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Norwich]], [[Norfolk]], England, [[United Kingdom]], since 1959<ref name="Archant twinning">{{Cite web |title=British towns twinned with French towns |url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |access-date=11 July 2013 |website=Archant Community Media Ltd |archive-date=5 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705094933/http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cleveland, Ohio]], United States, since 2008<ref name="Cleveland sisters">{{Cite web |title=Sister Cities International (SCI) |url=http://www.sister-cities.org/interactive-map/Cleveland,%20Ohio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613003251/http://www.sister-cities.org/interactive-map/Cleveland%2C%20Ohio |archive-date=13 June 2015 |access-date=21 April 2013 |publisher=Sister-cities.org}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Pomeranian Voivodeship]], [[Poland]], since 1992<ref name="Gdańsk">{{Cite web |title=Gdańsk Official Website: 'Miasta partnerskie' |url=http://www.gdansk.pl/samorzad,62,733.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723091807/http://www.gdansk.pl/samorzad%2C62%2C733.html |archive-date=23 July 2013 |access-date=11 July 2009 |publisher=gdansk.pl |language=pl, en}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Province of Salerno|Salerno]], [[Campania]], Italy, since 2002
* {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Zhejiang]], [[China]], since 1990

==Sculpture==
[[File:Fleur d'eau Rouen. Jean Yves Lechevallier.jpg|thumb|''Fleurs d'eau'', by [[Jean-Yves Lechevallier]]]]
During the second half of the 20th century, sculptures by [[Jean-Yves Lechevallier]] were erected in the city. Inaugurated in 2010, the Rouen Impressionnée hosted the contemporary urban redevelopment<ref>de Smet, Aurelie (12 November 2013). "The role of temporary use in urban (re)development: examples from Brussels". ''Brussels Studies. La revue scientifique électronique pour les recherches sur Bruxelles / Het elektronisch wetenschappelijk tijdschrift voor onderzoek over Brussel / The e-journal for academic research on Brussels''. {{doi|10.4000/brussels.1196}}. [[ISSN]] 2031-0293.</ref> installation sculpture 'Camille' by Belgian artist [[Arne Quinze]]. Quinze's use of interlocking systems in sculpture employ wood, concrete, paint and metal. The Quasi-Quinze<ref>Baerlecken, Daniel. "Judith Reitz/Daniel Baerlecken." ''Susanne Schindler/Axel Sowa/Ariane Wilson (eds.) Constructing Knowledge––Das Wissen der Architektur'' 50 (2009): 61.</ref> method of sculpture utilizes structural integrity and randomness as key elements for 'Camille'. Located on the Boieldieu Bridge in the center of Rouen, this location was chosen by the artist<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.figure8.be/| title = "Camille". ''Arne Quinze''. Retrieved 2019-04-15.| access-date = 5 May 2019| archive-date = 14 November 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191114152658/https://www.figure8.be/| url-status = live}}</ref> to magnify the historical separation of its city's citizens.

==Representations in art==
[[File:RouenCathedral Monet 1894.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|''Rouen Cathedral, Full Sunlight'', by [[Claude Monet]], 1894.]]

[[Rouen cathedral (Monet painting)|Rouen Cathedral]] is the subject of a series of paintings by the [[Impressionist]] painter [[Claude Monet]], who painted the same scene at different times of the day. Two paintings are in the [[National Gallery of Art]] in Washington, D.C.; two are in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow; one is in the [[National Museum of Serbia]] in Belgrade. The estimated value of one painting is over $40&nbsp;million.

==Heraldry==
{{Blazon-arms
| img1=Arms of Rouen.svg
| legend1=Arms of Rouen
| text=The arms of Rouen are [[blazon]]ed :<br />Gules, a [[pascal lamb]], haloed and contourné, holding a banner argent charged with a cross Or, and on a chief azure, 3 [[fleurs de lys]] Or
This may be rendered, "On a red background a haloed white pascal lamb looking back over its shoulder (''contourné'') holds a white banner bearing a gold cross; above, a broad blue band across the top bears 3 gold fleurs de lis".<br>
On the front of the "Grand Poste" (rue Jeanne d'Arc), the banner is charged with a leopard (the lion passant seen on Norman and English arms). This was the official seal of Rouen at the beginning of the 12th century, before Normandy was incorporated into Capetian France.
}}

==Climate==
Rouen has an [[oceanic climate]] (''Cfb'' in the Köppen climate classification).

{{Weather box
|location = Rouen ([[Rouen Airport|URO]]), elevation: {{convert|151|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1968–present
|collapsed =
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|Jan record high C = 15.7
|Feb record high C = 19.7
|Mar record high C = 24.4
|Apr record high C = 27.4
|May record high C = 30.0
|Jun record high C = 36.0
|Jul record high C = 41.3
|Aug record high C = 38.4
|Sep record high C = 34.3
|Oct record high C = 28.3
|Nov record high C = 20.3
|Dec record high C = 15.6
|Jan avg record high C = 12.8
|Feb avg record high C = 14.1
|Mar avg record high C = 18.4
|Apr avg record high C = 22.6
|May avg record high C = 26.0
|Jun avg record high C = 29.8
|Jul avg record high C = 32.2
|Aug avg record high C = 31.7
|Sep avg record high C = 27.3
|Oct avg record high C = 21.6
|Nov avg record high C = 16.3
|Dec avg record high C = 13.0
|year avg record high C = 33.5
|Jan high C = 6.9
|Feb high C = 7.9
|Mar high C = 11.4
|Apr high C = 14.8
|May high C = 17.9
|Jun high C = 21.1
|Jul high C = 23.4
|Aug high C = 23.4
|Sep high C = 20.1
|Oct high C = 15.4
|Nov high C = 10.4
|Dec high C = 7.3
|year high C = 
|Jan mean C = 4.3
|Feb mean C = 4.8
|Mar mean C = 7.5
|Apr mean C = 10.0
|May mean C = 13.1
|Jun mean C = 16.1
|Jul mean C = 18.2
|Aug mean C = 18.2
|Sep mean C = 15.3
|Oct mean C = 11.7
|Nov mean C = 7.5
|Dec mean C = 4.7
|year mean C = 
|Jan low C = 1.6
|Feb low C = 1.6
|Mar low C = 3.5
|Apr low C = 5.2
|May low C = 8.3
|Jun low C = 11.1
|Jul low C = 13.0
|Aug low C = 13.1
|Sep low C = 10.6
|Oct low C = 8.0
|Nov low C = 4.6
|Dec low C = 2.1
|year low C = 
|Jan avg record low C = -6.0
|Feb avg record low C = -5.3
|Mar avg record low C = -2.4
|Apr avg record low C = -0.6
|May avg record low C = 2.6
|Jun avg record low C = 5.7
|Jul avg record low C = 8.1
|Aug avg record low C = 7.9
|Sep avg record low C = 5.3
|Oct avg record low C = 1.4
|Nov avg record low C = 2.2
|Dec avg record low C = -4.6
|year avg record low C = -7.9
|Jan record low C = -17.1
|Feb record low C = -13.4
|Mar record low C = -10.4
|Apr record low C = -4.8
|May record low C = -2.2
|Jun record low C = 1.1
|Jul record low C = 5.9
|Aug record low C = 5.0
|Sep record low C = 2.1
|Oct record low C = -3.2
|Nov record low C = -8.3
|Dec record low C = -11.3
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 75.6
|Feb precipitation mm = 65.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 61.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 55.9
|May precipitation mm = 67.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 64.3
|Jul precipitation mm = 64.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 69.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 62.1
|Oct precipitation mm = 79.4
|Nov precipitation mm = 80.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 101.8
|year precipitation mm = 847.5
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 13.8
|Feb precipitation days = 11.5
|Mar precipitation days = 10.9
|Apr precipitation days = 10.0
|May precipitation days = 10.7
|Jun precipitation days = 9.4
|Jul precipitation days = 9.0
|Aug precipitation days = 9.6
|Sep precipitation days = 9.3
|Oct precipitation days = 12.7
|Nov precipitation days = 13.1
|Dec precipitation days = 14.1
|year precipitation days = 134.0
|Jan humidity = 90
|Feb humidity = 86
|Mar humidity = 83
|Apr humidity = 78
|May humidity = 79
|Jun humidity = 80
|Jul humidity = 79
|Aug humidity = 80
|Sep humidity = 84
|Oct humidity = 89
|Nov humidity = 90
|Dec humidity = 91
|Jan sun = 52.2
|Feb sun = 76.6
|Mar sun = 119.3
|Apr sun = 164.6
|May sun = 182.2
|Jun sun = 196.6
|Jul sun = 199.5
|Aug sun = 190.1
|Sep sun = 159.1
|Oct sun = 107.6
|Nov sun = 57.8
|Dec sun = 48.9
|year sun = 1554.4
|source 1 = [[Meteo France]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_76116001.pdf
| title = ROUEN–BOOS (76)
| work = Fiche Climatologique: Statistiques 1981–2010 et records
| publisher = Meteo France
| language = fr
| access-date = 6 August 2019
| archive-date = 6 August 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190806191636/https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_76116001.pdf
| url-status = live
}}</ref>
| source 2 = Infoclimat.fr (relative humidity 1961–1990)<ref name=Infoclimat>{{cite web
| url = https://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie-07037-rouen-boos.html
| title = Normes et records 1961–1990: Rouen-Boos (76) – altitude 151m
| language = fr
| publisher = Infoclimat
| access-date = 6 August 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171202/https://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie-07037-rouen-boos.html
| archive-date = 3 March 2016}}</ref>
}}

==See also==
* {{ill|Cafetière du Belloy|de|Seihkanne}}, also known as French drip coffee pot, invented in Rouen
* [[Jean-Marie Baumel]], sculptor of two of the statues on the Pont Boieldieu in Rouen
* [[List of works by Maxime Real del Sarte]]
* [[Rouen Courthouse]]
* [[Rue du Pré de la Bataille]], public thoroughfare in Rouen named after a 934 medieval battle.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.rouen76.fr}} {{in lang|fr}}

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