The Seine in Rouen

The the Seine belongs to the landscape rouennais . It runs out within Rouen on?? km and makes on average 170 m broad. It is still necessary to traverse 125 km to join the Manche. It divides the metropolis Norman in two parts: Rouen Right Bank and Rouen Left bank. It is the same for the agglomeration. The Île Lacroix is the last island on the Seine before the Mer. The Marée is made feel to Rouen as the variation testifies some to the level of the Seine (average Marnage of 3 m).

Affluents

The Seine counts three Affluent S in Rouen:

the Bus shelter, long River of 4,5 km which takes its source with Saint-Aubin-Épinay;
the Cailly, long River of 29 km which takes its source in the Pays of Caux;
the Robec, long River of 9 km which takes its source with Fountain-under-Courtyards.

Island

There exists an island on the Seine with height of Rouen. It is about the island Lacroix. It shelters the sporting center Guy Boissière builds in 1970 and which comprises a swimming pool and a skating rink. One reaches it thanks to the bridge Corneille. Moreover, the Bridge Mathilde and the Viaduc of Eauplet pass above the island.

Bridges on the Seine

Six Bridge S and a railway Viaduc make it possible to cross the Seine to Rouen:

the Bridge Gustave-Flaubert, initially called 6th bridge , constitutes the sixth crossing of the Fleuve. It is more in Aval. This Pont raising whose startup is envisaged in 2008 will make it possible to unchoke the center town by allowing the western skirting of the city.
the Pont Guillaume-the-Conquering was brought into service in 1970.
the Pont Jeanne-with Arc was brought into service in 1956. The Métro of Rouen borrows it to connect two banks of the city.
the Pont Boieldieu was brought into service in 1955.
the Bridge Pierre-Crow, whose startup goes back to 1952 gives access the Lacroix island in addition to connecting two banks.
the Pont Mathilde was used starting from 1979. It is the road bridge upstream. It allows skirting is city.
the Viaduct of Eauplet or bridge with the English date of 1913. It is one of the works of art of the line Paris-Rouen it Havre

The bridges Boieldieu and Corneille existed already front war but they were destroyed in 1940 to delay the German projection . There existed also a transporter bridge (on the current site of the Guillaume-the-Conquering bridge) which knew the same fate. The viaduct of Eauplet also suffered from Bombardement S in 1944 intended to delay the German retirement.

Economy

The Seine and the proximity of the sea make it possible Rouen to be at the same time a Seaport and a river Port. Rouen also profits from its privileged position between Paris and Le Havre, port major in Europe.

Under the Old Mode, there was a Arsenal and a Shipyard: the Closed with galées the.

In 1800, American Fulton carried out in Rouen the first tests of sound Sous-marin the Nautilus .

Today, the Port authority of Rouen ensures the management of the harbor installations of Rouen and the low Seine. It is the fifth Port commercial French in term of total Tonnage but also the first European port for the export of Céréale S. There exists also a final cruising and a marina.

Tourism and cultural life

The Seine lodges several demonstrations:

Every year since 1983, the low quays left bank accommodate the Foire Saint-Romain, the larger second Fun fair in France.
All the four to five years, the municipality organizes a gathering of sailing ships: the Veils of freedom in 1989, the Armada of freedom in 1994, the Armada of the century in 1999 and the Armada Rouen 2003 in 2003. The next edition is planned for 2008. The boats, moored with the quays Right Bank and left bank downstream from the Bridge Guillaume-the-Conquering and are accessible free
the maritime Musée river and harbor of Rouen its doors in 1999 at the time of Armada opened.
the Seine accommodates each May 1st the 24 hours speedboat of Rouen.

In the years of post-war period, Rouen neglected its river but a reconquest was started starting from 1999: the low quays Right Bank were arranged. It is a place of walk for rouennais. The old docks are being refitted: rehabilitation of the Hangar 106 dedicated with becoming a future labellized room current musics, rehabilitation of the Hangar 2 or house intended to be a place of conferences and exposures open to the contemporary arts, opening of a sport hall in 2009.

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