Oissel-sur-Seine

Oissel-sur-Seine
Commune
Oissel-sur-Seine railway station
Coat of arms
Location of Oissel-sur-Seine
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Coordinates: 49°20′33″N 1°05′32″E / 49.3425°N 01.0922°E / 49.3425; 01.0922
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	Stéphane Barré
Area 1	22.19 km2 (8.57 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (33 ft)
Highest elevation	128 m (420 ft)
Lowest elevation	2 m (6.6 ft)
Population  (2023)	12,317
• Density	555.1/km2 (1,438/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76484 /76350
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Oissel-sur-Seine (before 2025: Oissel, French pronunciation: [wasɛl]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A suburban and light industrial town situated by the banks of the river Seine, just 8 miles (13 km) south of Rouen at the junction of the D18 and the D13 roads. Junction 22 of the A13 autoroute is entirely within the commune's borders. SNCF operates a TER rail service here.

History

The area around Oissel-sur-Seine was a common place for Viking raiders because of its location on the Seine river, during their raids on Francia. Eventually, the Vikings settled on one of the islands near Oissel and made it into a base, calling the island "Thorhólmr" meaning "Thor's Island".

During the battle of France, 9 June 1940, the French blew up several bridges and crossings over the Seine river around Oissel-sur-Seine to halt the German advance, including Viaduc de Oissel and Pont de Tourville-la-Rivière.

Heraldry

The arms of Oissel are blazoned : Per pale argent and azure, a half-filled alembic gules and a garb Or, and on a chief gules, a leopard Or, armed and langued azure.

Population

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 9,949 —     1975 10,501 +0.77% 1982 11,712 +1.57% 1990 11,444 −0.29% 1999 11,053 −0.39% 2007 11,574 +0.58% 2012 11,445 −0.22% 2017 11,895 +0.77% 2023 12,317 +0.58% Source: INSEE

Sport

CMS Oissel is a football club based in the commune, who play their home games at Stade Marcel Billard.

People

• Daniel Horlaville, footballer born in 1945.
• Raoul Grimoin-Sanson (1860–1941), cinematographic inventor.
• Grégory Tafforeau, footballer born in 1976.
• Thierry Foucaud, 1954-, Politician.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The sixteenth century manorhouse, the Manoir de La Chapelle.
• The Dambray Pavillon, from the seventeenth century.
• The Château de La Perreuse.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oissel-sur-Seine.

• Oissel-sur-Seine official website (in French)
• Pictures of Oissel-sur-Seine, the photoblog of an osselien.