Canteleu
| Canteleu | |
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La Place Gustave Prat, Canteleu | |
  Canteleu | |
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Location within Upper Normandy region  Canteleu | |
| Coordinates: 49°26′28″N 1°01′34″E / 49.4411°N 1.0261°ECoordinates: 49°26′28″N 1°01′34″E / 49.4411°N 1.0261°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Upper Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Maromme |
| Intercommunality | CREA |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008-2014) | Christophe Bouillon |
| Area1 | 17.61 km2 (6.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)2 | 14,790 |
| • Density | 840/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76157 / 76380 |
| Elevation |
2–138 m (6.6–452.8 ft) (avg. 128 m or 420 ft) |
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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. | |
Canteleu is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.
Geography
A small town of forestry and light industry situated by the banks of the river Seine, just 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest and over the river from the centre of Rouen, at the junction of the D 51, D 982 and the D 94 roads.
Heraldry
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The arms of Canteleu are blazoned : Argent, a chevron gules between 3 trefoils vert. |
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 10,278 | 13,415 | 14,174 | 15,276 | 16,090 | 15,430 | 14,790 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
Places of interest
- Saint-Martin’s church, dating from the thirteenth century.
- The seventeenth century convent of Sainte-Barbe, built over a cave in the cliffs, overlooking the river.
- The Flaubert museum.
- The two churches of St.Pierre, at the hamlets of Bapeaume (1872) and Croisset.
- Vestiges of a 12th-century castle at Croisset.
- A Carthaginian column in the park.
- The sixteenth century Château des Deux-Lions.
- A turretted house at Dieppedalle.
Notable people
- Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) lived at the hamlet of Croisset for 40 years and died here.
- English painter Robert Henry Cheney (1801–1866) painted several views of and from here, including the watercolour Rouen-From the chateau de Cantelieu, July 19, 1842.
Twin towns
See also
- Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
- Seine-Maritime
- Normandy
References
Bibliography
- Alice Lejard, Canteleu aux multiples facettes, 2000 ISBN 2-9516176-0-7
- Michel Giard, Hurler avec les loups à Canteleu, Éd. Charles Corlet, 2003 ISBN 2847060774
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canteleu. |
- Official town website (French)
- Canteleu on the Quid website (French)
