Villers-Écalles

Villers-Écalles
Commune
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Coordinates: 49°32′22″N 0°55′13″E / 49.5394°N 0.9203°E / 49.5394; 0.9203Coordinates: 49°32′22″N 0°55′13″E / 49.5394°N 0.9203°E / 49.5394; 0.9203
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Barentin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Christophe Emo[1]
Area 1	7.41 km2 (2.86 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	1,769
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76743 /76360
Elevation	21–119 m (69–390 ft) (avg. 92 m or 302 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villers-Écalles is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography[]

A village of farming and associated light industry situated by the banks of the Austreberthe River in the Pays de Caux, some 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Rouen near the junction of the D88 with the D143 road.
The confectionery company Ferrero has a factory here, employing 800 people to produce Nutella and Kinder Bueno.

Population[]

Places of interest[]

• The church of St. Jean, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The ruins of a fifteenth-century chateau with vaulted cellars.
• A seventeenth-century stone cross.

See also[]

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Villers-Écalles.

• Official commune website (in French)