Allouville-Bellefosse
Allouville-Bellefosse | |
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 Thousand-year-old oak tree | |
Location of Allouville-Bellefosse  | |
  Allouville-Bellefosse  Allouville-Bellefosse | |
| 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. | |
Allouville-Bellefosse (French pronunciation: [aluvil bɛlfos]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.
Geography
[edit]A 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
[edit]References
[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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Allouville-Bellefosse.
- Official website of Allouville-Bellefosse (in French)
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