Bihorel | |
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 Notre Dame des Anges Church and market in Bihorel | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Bihorel | |
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| Coordinates:49°27′19″N1°07′01″E / 49.4553°N 1.1169°E /49.4553; 1.1169 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Bois-Guillaume |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Rouen Normandie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Pascal Houbron[1] |
Area 1 | 2.51 km2 (0.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 8,299 |
| • Density | 3,310/km2 (8,560/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76095 /76420 |
| Elevation | 80–167 m (262–548 ft) (avg. 157 m or 515 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bihorel (French pronunciation:[biɔʁɛl]) is acommune of theSeine-Maritimedepartment in theNormandyregion in northernFrance.[3] It is a northeastern suburb ofRouen.
Bihorel is asuburban andlight industrial town forming part of the agglomeration ofRouen. Located on the northern plateau of Rouen, Bihorel is a town with three districts:
Bihorel is situated at the junction of the D243 and the D443 roads. The T2 line (TEOR) permits to reach the city center of Rouen in 30 minutes from the south of Bihorel. The F2, 40 and 20 lines make possible to go to the city center of Rouen in 10 minutes.
| The arms of Bihorel areblazoned : Gules, a bend sinister between in chief a beehive and in base 2 leopards Or, and on a chief azure a knight contourny between an archer contourny and 2 soccer players contourny the sinister one with a ball at his foot, Or. |
The town was created on April 13, 1892. Previously, Bihorel was a district ofBois-Guillaume.
On 4 July 2011, the merger of Bihorel and Bois-Guillaume was voted in the municipal councils, a merger that was effective from January 1, 2012, under the regime of the new communes, despite the consultation organized by the mayors of these two cities. There was a very large opposition from the population (66.43% opposed).
From January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2013, the commune was merged with its neighbor, Bois-Guillaume, as thecommune nouvelleBois-Guillaume-Bihorel. The creation of this commune was invalidated by the administrative court of Rouen, a decision neither the prefecture or the commune appealed. The two communes were recreated on 1 January 2014.[4]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 7,009 | — |
| 1975 | 9,382 | +4.25% |
| 1982 | 10,121 | +1.09% |
| 1990 | 9,358 | −0.97% |
| 1999 | 9,057 | −0.36% |
| 2007 | 8,461 | −0.85% |
| 2012 | 8,268 | −0.46% |
| 2017 | 8,398 | +0.31% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
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