Ry, Seine-Maritime

Ry
Ry
Location within Upper Normandy region Ry
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Darnétal
Intercommunality	Plateau de Martainville
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Auzou
Area1	5.71 km2 (2.20 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	709
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76548 / 76116
Elevation	68–157 m (223–515 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ry (pronounced: [ʁi]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the small river Crevon, some 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Rouen at the junction of the D12, D13, D62 and the D93 roads.

The village of Yonville in Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary is traditionally held to have been based on Ry.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
522	527	525	544	610	605	709
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

The church porch

• The church of St. Sulpice, dating from the twelfth century.
• The eighteenth century Château de Vascoeuil.
• The automaton museum.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Photos of the church of Saint-Sulpice at Ry (French)
• Official village website (French)
• Ry on the Quid website (French)