Rouen duck with higher production. The eggs are typically white, but can have blue and green tints. Exhibition-typed Rouen ducks have been known to crush their eggs if allowed to set due to their massive frames. In 1861, Mrs Beeton said of it: The origin of the name is not known. When they arrived in England, they were variously called Rhône, after the region in southwest-central France, Rohan, after the cardinal of that name, Roan, for the mixture of colours, and Rouen after the northern French town, with Rouen eventually being adopted in both England and France. In France they are called
Métropole Rouen Normandie Métropole Rouen Normandie Métropole Rouen Normandie is the "métropole", an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Rouen. It is located in the Seine-Maritime department, in the Normandy region, north-western France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous "Communauté d'agglomération Rouen-Elbeuf-Austreberthe". Its population was 499,570 in 2014, of which 113,313 in Rouen proper. The "Agglomeration community of Rouen-Elbeuf-Austreberthe" (French: "Communauté d'agglomération Rouen-Elbeuf-Austreberthe") was created in 2010. On January 1, 2015, the Metropolis replaced the agglomeration community in accordance with a law of January 2014. The goal of the Métropole is to build a better metropolitan area by synchronizing