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[edit] Population

This is confusing: "Rouen (population 110,000) is a city situated on the Seine river in Normandy, northern France. Population of the metropolitan area (in French: aire urbaine) at the 1999 census was 518,316... Rouen is part of Agglomération de Rouen Haute-Normandie which gathers 34 towns and 391,375 inhabitants" - does a large part of the metro area lie outside the agglomeration? If not the populations are wrong... if so, it is a bit counterintuitive! --VivaEmilyDavies 18:16, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

You are confusing two different things. On the one hand is the Communauté d'agglomération de Rouen, which is an administrative unit, on the other hand is the metropolitan area (aire urbaine) of Rouen, which is not an administrative unit, but a geographical concept. Check communauté d'agglomération and aire urbaine if you want to understand the difference. The Communauté d'agglomération de Rouen does not include all of the communes that are inside the metropolitan area, because some refused to join in, that's why there are less inhabitants living in the communauté d'agglomération than in the metropolitan area. Hardouin 20:25, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Clock

This page says the astronomical clock in Gros Horloge street is from the 16th Century; the astronomical clock page says 14th Century. Anyone know which is correct? Moonraker12 12:05, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

According to fr:Gros Horloge: L'horloge enchâssée dans l'arche est l'une des plus anciennes de France : le mouvement a été fabriqué en 1389. L'horloge en elle-même a été installée en 1587, L'arche a été édifiée entre 1527 et 1529. So the arch in which it is placed is early C16th, the clock surroundings are late C16th, but the clock movement itself is late C14th. It depends what the meaning of "astronomical clock" is... Man vyi 14:34, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that; I've fixed them both to fit. Moonraker12 14:12, 9 November 2007 (UTC)