Rouen

is a town in north-west of France, capital of the Upper-Normandy region and the department of Seine-Maritime. The city is bisected by the Seine and three of its small tributaries, the Aubette, Robec and Cailly. The city of Rouen account 115 000 inhabitants and its suburbs 411 000 in 2007 and its area employment 745 000.

Its inhabitants are called Rouennais. Rouen is a seat archdiocese whose archbishop is Primate of Normandy.

This is one of the few French cities to be decorated with the Legion of Honour.

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  Rouen
  Rouen known as the City of a hundred spires, is a city north-west of France, capital of the Upper-Normandy region and the department of Seine-Maritime. The city is bisected by the Seine and three of its small tributaries, the Aubette, Robec and Cailly.
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  Rouen cathedral (begun 1202 AD)
  Rouen Cathedral Rouen cathedral Rouen cathedral (begun 1202 AD) The people of Rouen, in northern France, decided to build themselves a new cathedral in 1200 AD, just after people started building Chartres cathedral, and only about forty years after they began building Laon Cathedral and Notre Dame in Paris.
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  The Seine
  The Seine River is a french, along 776 kilometers, which flows in the Paris basin and water including Troyes, Paris and Rouen. Its source is located 470 meters above sea level at Saint-Germain-Source-Seine in the plateau of Langres. Its course has a thrust of the south-east to north-west.
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  Vieux marche
  The place of Old Market, located at the end of the rue du Gros-Clock is a historic square of Rouen Rive Droite.
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  Renaissance
  The Hundred Years War ended, major sites resumed in the capital Norman. At the beginning of the Renaissance, Rouen is the most populated city in the kingdom after Paris. On completing churches in the flamboyant style.
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  Pierre Corneille
  Pierre Corneille (Rouen, June 6, 1606 - Paris, October 1, 1684) is a playwright french seventeenth century. His most famous pieces are Le Cid, Cinna, Polyeucte and Horace. The richness and diversity of his work reflect the values and major questions of his time.
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  The Big Clock
  The Big Clock is an astronomical clock of the fourteenth century, located in a building which spans the rue du Gros and incorporates a clock tower and an arch Renaissance.
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  Abbey Church of Saint-Ouen, Rouen
  
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  The Tour is an archives
  The Tour is an archives building Rouen gathering departmental archives.
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  Armada
  The Rouen Armada 2008 is the fifth annual gathering of tall ships of Rouen.
  It ran from July 5 to July 14, 2008 in Rouen, which is the starting point of the prologue of the Tall Ships' Races 2008 at the end of the event.