Canteleu

Canteleu
Canteleu
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Location of Canteleu
	Canteleu Canteleu
	Coordinates: 49°26′28″N 1°01′34″E / 49.4411°N 1.0261°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Canteleu
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Mélanie Boulanger
Area 1	17.61 km2 (6.80 sq mi)
Population (2021)	13,966
• Density	790/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 three kilometres (2 mi) 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

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	13,415	—
1975	14,174	+0.79%
1982	15,276	+1.08%
1990	16,090	+0.65%
1999	15,430	−0.46%
2007	14,430	−0.83%
2012	14,781	+0.48%
2017	14,181	−0.83%
Source: INSEE^[3]

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

References

^ "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

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

Official town website (in French)

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[pophist-3] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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