title: Ouville-la-Rivière
text: # Ouville-la-Rivière
  
  Ouville-la-Rivière (French pronunciation: ​) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The commune is a village of farming and light industry situated by the banks of the river Saâne in the Pays de Caux at the junction of the D 27, D 54 and the D 925 roads, 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Dieppe.
  
  ## Population
  
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1793 | 422 | — |
  | 1800 | 469 | +1.52% |
  | 1806 | 485 | +0.56% |
  | 1821 | 484 | −0.01% |
  | 1831 | 603 | +2.22% |
  | 1836 | 634 | +1.01% |
  | 1841 | 621 | −0.41% |
  | 1846 | 637 | +0.51% |
  | 1851 | 653 | +0.50% |
  | 1856 | 682 | +0.87% |
  | 1861 | 693 | +0.32% |
  | 1866 | 638 | −1.64% |
  | 1872 | 630 | −0.21% |
  | 1876 | 666 | +1.40% |
  | 1881 | 668 | +0.06% |
  | 1886 | 628 | −1.23% |
  | 1891 | 607 | −0.68% |
  | 1896 | 599 | −0.26% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | 1901 | 606 | +0.23% |
  | 1906 | 608 | +0.07% |
  | 1911 | 603 | −0.17% |
  | 1921 | 596 | −0.12% |
  | 1926 | 616 | +0.66% |
  | 1931 | 649 | +1.05% |
  | 1936 | 609 | −1.26% |
  | 1946 | 650 | +0.65% |
  | 1954 | 691 | +0.77% |
  | 1962 | 674 | −0.31% |
  | 1968 | 642 | −0.81% |
  | 1975 | 645 | +0.07% |
  | 1982 | 609 | −0.82% |
  | 1990 | 634 | +0.50% |
  | 1999 | 602 | −0.57% |
  | 2007 | 580 | −0.46% |
  | 2012 | 537 | −1.53% |
  | 2017 | 495 | −1.62% |
  
  Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) :
  
  ## Places of interest
  
  * A yew tree nearly 1000 years old.
  * The eighteenth-century château de Tous les Mesnils, open to visitors on weekend afternoons in the summer.
  * The manorhouse du Tessy, now a guesthouse.
  * The château d'Ouville, damaged during World War II, and not yet completely rebuilt.
  * The church of St. Gilles, dating from the eleventh century.
  * A sixteenth-century stone cross.
  