Tourville-sur-Arques

Tourville-sur-Arques (, literally Tourville on Arques) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the river Scie in the Pays de Caux, some south of Dieppe at the junction of the D254, D70 and the D23 roads.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The sixteenth-century château of Miromesnil, with its park and gardens.

People

• Guy de Maupassant, French writer, was born at the château in 1850.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References