Ry, Seine-Maritime

Ry
Commune
The church in Ry
Location of Ry
Ry Location within France Ry Location within Normandy
Coordinates: 49°28′19″N 1°20′40″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Le Mesnil-Esnard
Intercommunality	CC Inter-Caux-Vexin
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	Christophe Hoguet
Area 1	5.71 km2 (2.20 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	787
• Density	138/km2 (357/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76548 /76116
Elevation	68–157 m (223–515 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ry (pronounced [ʁi]) 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 small river Crevon, some 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Rouen at the junction of the D12, D13, D62 and the D93 roads.

The village of Yonville in Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary is traditionally held to have been based on Ry.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	527	—
1975	525	−0.05%
1982	544	+0.51%
1990	610	+1.44%
1999	605	−0.09%
2007	742	+2.58%
2012	800	+1.52%
2017	712	−2.30%
2023	787	+1.68%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

The church porch

• The church of St. Sulpice, dating from the twelfth century, with a sixteenth-century wooden porch.
• The eighteenth-century Château de Vascoeuil.
• The automaton museum.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

External links

• Photos of the church of Saint-Sulpice at Ry (in French)
• Official village website (in French)