Canteleu

Canteleu
Commune
La Place Gustave Prat, Canteleu
Coat of arms
Location of Canteleu
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Coordinates: 49°26′28″N 1°01′34″E / 49.4411°N 1.0261°E / 49.4411; 1.0261Coordinates: 49°26′28″N 1°01′34″E / 49.4411°N 1.0261°E / 49.4411; 1.0261
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Canteleu
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Mélanie Boulanger[1]
Area 1	17.61 km2 (6.80 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	14,244
• Density	810/km2 (2,100/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 (French pronunciation: ​[kɑ̃tlø]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy 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[]

The arms of Canteleu are blazoned : Argent, a chevron gules between 3 trefoils vert.

Population[]

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[]

• Buchholz in der Nordheide, Germany
• Wolow. Poland
• New Milton, England
• Kongoussi, Burkina Faso

See also[]

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

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[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canteleu.

• Official town website (in French)