Canteleu
Canteleu | |
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| La Place Gustave Prat, Canteleu La Place Gustave Prat, Canteleu | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Canteleu  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Maromme |
| Intercommunality | CREA |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008-2014) | Christophe Bouillon |
Area 1 | 17.61 km2 (6.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | 14,790 |
| • Density | 840/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76157 /76380 |
| Elevation | 2–138 m (6.6–452.8 ft) (avg. 128 m or 420 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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.
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Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| Population | 10,278 | 13,415 | 14,174 | 15,276 | 16,090 | 15,430 | 14,206 | 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
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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