Esteville

Esteville
Commune

Coat of arms
Esteville

Coordinates: 49°36′24″N 1°13′21″E / 49.6067°N 1.2225°E / 49.6067; 1.2225Coordinates: 49°36′24″N 1°13′21″E / 49.6067°N 1.2225°E / 49.6067; 1.2225
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Bois-Guillaume
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Roger Léger
Area1 5.29 km2 (2.04 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 511
 • Density 97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 76247 /76690
Elevation 156–176 m (512–577 ft)
(avg. 172 m or 564 ft)

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.

Esteville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the region of Normandy, France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D15 and the D57 roads.

Heraldry

 The arms of Esteville are blazoned :
Gules, a chevron between 2 plates and a fallow deer head argent, on a chief Or a castle gules between 2 trefoils vert.

Population

Historical population of Esteville
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population252261320428378376511
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Notable people

Abbé Pierre, priest and founder of the Emmaus movement, lived here for more than 20 years and was buried here, alongside 20 of his companions and his secretary, Lucie Coutaz who assisted him for much of his life. A centre of the Emmaus Movement, housing youngsters in difficulty, was built here where the priest’s own private room may still be seen. Today his grave has become a place of meditation and the village of Esteville sometimes receives between 300 and 500 visitors per day.

Places of interest

See also

References

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