Belbeuf
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Belbeuf | |
Coordinates: 49°23′23″N 1°08′37″E / 49.3897°N 1.1436°ECoordinates: 49°23′23″N 1°08′37″E / 49.3897°N 1.1436°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Rouen |
Canton | Darnétal |
Intercommunality | Métropole Rouen Normandie |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Guy Lecouteux |
Area 1 | 6.56 km2 (2.53 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 2,217 |
• Density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 76069 /76240 |
Elevation | 2–161 m (6.6–528.2 ft) (avg. 156 m or 512 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Belbeuf is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography[]
A small town of forestry, farming and a little light industry situated by the banks of the Seine, some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Rouen at the junction of the D6015 and the D7 roads.
Population[]
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 901 | 1240 | 1409 | 1681 | 1696 | 2032 | 2123 |
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 sixteenth century.
- A menhir.
- The eighteenth-century château with its dovecote and park.
- The sixteenth-century chapel of Saint-Bonaventure & Saint-Adrien, built around a cave in the cliffs overlooking the river.
Notable people[]
- Jacques Anquetil, cyclist, lived here in the 1960s.
- Claude Bébéar, businessman, the founder of AXA Assurance, lived here.
- Jacques Godart, 6th Marquis de Belbeuf
See also[]
- Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Belbeuf. |
- Official town website (in French)
- Belbeuf Rowing Club = Club Nautique de Belbeuf (in French) rowing on the Seine, in picturesque surroundings, a few kilometres upstream of Rouen
Categories:
- Communes of Seine-Maritime
- Rouen geography stubs