Allouville-Bellefosse (French pronunciation: [aluvil bɛlfos]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.
Allouville-Bellefosse | |
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 Thousand-year-old oak tree | |
Location of Allouville-Bellefosse  | |
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| Coordinates: 49°35′48″N 0°40′39″E / 49.596745°N 0.677449°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Yvetot |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Didier Terrier[1] |
Area 1 | 14.66 km2 (5.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,150 |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76001 /76190 |
| Elevation | 114–154 m (374–505 ft) (avg. 148 m or 486 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editA farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D33, D34 and the D110 roads.
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 675 | — |
| 1975 | 661 | −0.30% |
| 1982 | 903 | +4.56% |
| 1990 | 1,007 | +1.37% |
| 1999 | 986 | −0.23% |
| 2007 | 1,044 | +0.72% |
| 2012 | 1,180 | +2.48% |
| 2017 | 1,157 | −0.39% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Places of interest
edit- The church of St.Quentin, dating from the sixteenth century.
- Chêne chapelle, a 1000-year-old oak tree (the oldest in France). The tree houses two chapels, the lower dedicated to Notre Dame de la Paix and the upper called the Cellule de l'Eremite.[4]
- The sixteenth-century abandoned church at Bellefosse.
- A natural history museum.
- The eighteenth-century château, in Louis XV style.
- Two manorhouses, at Bellefosse and Ismenil.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Hare, Augustus John Cuthbert (1895). North-western France (Normandy and Brittany). G. Allen. p. 69.
External links
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- Official website of Allouville-Bellefosse (in French)