Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
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Location within Upper Normandy region  Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf | |
| Coordinates: 49°16′54″N 1°01′20″E / 49.2817°N 1.0222°ECoordinates: 49°16′54″N 1°01′20″E / 49.2817°N 1.0222°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Upper Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf |
| Intercommunality | CREA |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Noël Caru |
| Area1 | 3.68 km2 (1.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 9,782 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76165 / 76320 |
| Elevation |
4–75 m (13–246 ft) (avg. 13 m or 43 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. | |
Past Times in the Town
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
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
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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
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 9270 | 9595 | 9469 | 8963 | 9902 | 9904 | 9782 |
| 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
- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
- A twentieth-century château.
Twin towns
Dereham, England
Vigarano Mainarda, Italy
Bad Dürrenberg, Germany
Prague - Libuš, Czech Republic[1]
See also
- Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
- Seine-Maritime
- Normandy
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf. |
- Official town website (French)
- Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf on the Quid website (French)
