Pavilly

Pavilly () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

The settlement of Pavilly, a town of farming and light industry, is situated by the banks of the river Austreberthe in the Pays de Caux, some northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D4, D142, D22 and the D67 roads.

Heraldry

Population

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The chapel of Sainte Austreberthe, all that remains of the thirteenth century priory that was founded by Philibert of Jumièges.
• The fourteenth-century château Esneval, built on the foundations of a feudal castle.

People

• Saint Austrebertha, born at Thérouanne (Pas-de-Calais) in 633, died at Pavilly on 10 February 704. She was the first abbess at the convent of Pavilly.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

External links

• Official town website