Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿etjɛn dy ʁuvʁɛ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

[4] The first steam trains of Western Railway Company between Paris and Rouen began service in 1843,[5] increasing the attractiveness of the town for industry.

The 1860s saw the establishment of a large cotton factory creating hundreds of jobs, and led to the expansion of the town to accommodate its expanding workforce.

In the early twentieth century, the opening of the railway workshops of Quatre-Mares (1913), the arrival of Camille Cavallier's Fonderie Lorraine in 1916 and the Stationery Chapel (1928) reinforced the industrial character of the city.

[6] Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray is a large suburban town of light industry and forestry situated by the banks of the Seine, some 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the centre of Rouen on the D18 and the D18e roads.