Esteville

Esteville
Esteville
Location within Upper Normandy region  Esteville
Coordinates: 49°36′24″N 1°13′21″E / 49.6067°N 1.2225°ECoordinates: 49°36′24″N 1°13′21″E / 49.6067°N 1.2225°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Clères
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Roger Léger
Area^1	5.29 km^2 (2.04 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	511
• Density	97/km^2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76247 / 76690
Elevation	156–176 m (512–577 ft) (avg. 172 m or 564 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.

Esteville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D15 and the D57 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Esteville are blazoned : Gules, a chevron between 2 plates and a fallow deer head argent, on a chief Or a castle gules between 2 trefoils vert.

Population

Historical population of Esteville

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	252	261	320	428	378	376	511
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Notable people

Abbé Pierre, priest and founder of the Emmaus movement, lived here for more than 20 years and was buried here, alongside 20 of his companions and his secretary, Lucie Coutaz who assisted him for much of his life. A centre of the Emmaus Movement, housing youngsters in difficulty, was built here where the priest’s own private room may still be seen. Today his grave has become a place of meditation and the village of Esteville sometimes receives between 300 and 500 visitors per day.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Sulpice, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The church of St.Clotilde, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The seventeenth-century chateau.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Esteville on the Quid website (French)