Canteleu

Canteleu
Canteleu
	Commune
	La Place Gustave Prat, Canteleu
	Coat of arms
	Location of Canteleu
	Canteleu Canteleu
	Coordinates: 49°26′28″N 1°01′34″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Canteleu
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2008-2014)	Christophe Bouillon
Area 1	17.61 km2 (6.80 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	14,181
• Density	810/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 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 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

Arms of Canteleu	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

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References

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.