Eslettes

Eslettes is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Eslettes
Commune
Location of Eslettes
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Coordinates: 49°32′49″N 1°03′12″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville
Government
• Mayor	Michel Tieursin
Area ^1	5.12 km^2 (1.98 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,567
• Density	310/km^2 (790/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76245 /76710
Elevation	44–167 m (144–548 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the Cailly River in the Pays de Caux, some 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D251, D44 and the D297 roads. The A151 autoroute pass through the territory of the commune.

Toponymy

Mentioned in a Latinized version : Esletis ab. 1040.[2]

Old Norse sletta "flat land" with an Old English plural -s.

Same place-name as Sleights (Yorkshire), and without -s, Sletten (Denmark).[3]

Population

Historical population of Eslettes

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	501	513	665	935	1383	1396	1514
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

• The modern church of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc (Joan of Arc), dating from the twentieth century. Built between 1920 (canonization year of Joan of Arc) and 1925.
• Two châteaux, de la Ratière and Galais.
• The eighteenth-century château des Alleurs.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. François de Beaurepaire, Les noms des communes et anciennes paroisss de la Seine-Maritime, éditions Picard. p. 73.
3. Beaurepaire.