Jumièges

Jumièges is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography
A forestry and farming village situated in a meander of the river Seine, some 13 mi west of Rouen, at the junction of the D 65 and the D 143 roads. A ferry service operates here, connecting the commune with the south and west sides of the river.

Places of interest

 * The church of St. Valentin, dating from the eleventh century.
 * The ruins of the tenth-century church of St.Pierre (part of the abbey)
 * An eighteenth-century chapel.
 * Several lesser buildings dating from the eleventh century.

Jumièges Abbey
It is best known as the site of Jumièges Abbey, a typical Norman abbey of the Romanesque period, and the home of the pro-Norman chronicler William of Jumièges who wrote the Gesta Normannorum Ducum about 1070. Ruined in the first quarter of the 19th century, the abbey dates from the 7th century. The church of Notre Dame was consecrated in 1067 in the presence of William the Conqueror.

People linked with the commune

 * Maurice Leblanc, writer.
 * Roger Martin du Gard, writer.