Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf

Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Administration
Country France
Region Upper Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Intercommunality CREA
Mayor Noël Caru
Statistics
Elevation 4–75 m (13–246 ft)
(avg. 13 m/43 ft)
Land area1 3.68 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Population2 9,782  (2006)
 - Density 2,658 /km2 (6,880 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 76165/ 76320
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

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Geography

A residential and light industrial town situated by the banks of the river Seine, some 13 miles (21 km) south of Rouen, at the junction of the D919 and the D921 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf are blazoned :
Gules, a sickle reversed and sprig of mistletoe in saltire between (a lance inverted and a throwing axe [francisca] in saltire surmounting a gaulish shield bendwise topped with a winged gaulish helmet contourny) and a dolmen Or charged with the letters ESUS sable impaled with Azure, a she-wolf nursing Romulus and Remus, standing on a pedestal Or charged with the inscription ROMA sable, and in chief a round shield surmounted by (i.e. overall over the shield), a sword palewise, a fasces bendwise, a Aquila bendwise sinister and a trumpet fesswise Or. (An Aquila is a Roman legion's eagle standard; the trumpet is a Roman trumpet 'tuba').

Population

Historical population of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Population 9270 9595 9469 8963 9902 9904 9782
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

Twin towns

See also

References

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