Canteleu

Canteleu
La Place Gustave Prat, Canteleu
Canteleu
Location within Upper Normandy region  Canteleu
Coordinates: 49°26′28″N 1°01′34″E / 49.4411°N 1.0261°ECoordinates: 49°26′28″N 1°01′34″E / 49.4411°N 1.0261°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Maromme
Intercommunality	CREA
Government
• Mayor (2008-2014)	Christophe Bouillon
Area^1	17.61 km^2 (6.80 sq mi)
Population (2011)^2	14,790
• Density	840/km^2 (2,200/sq mi)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Canteleu is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie 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

Historical population of Canteleu

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
Population	10,278	13,415	14,174	15,276	16,090	15,430	14,206	14,790
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• 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 (French)
• Canteleu on the Quid website (French)