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Belbeuf

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

Canton
  
Boos

Area
  
6.56 km²

Region
  
Normandy

Arrondissement
  
Rouen

Intercommunality
  
CREA

Local time
  
Thursday 4:59 AM

Belbeuf

Weather
  
6°C, Wind W at 26 km/h, 70% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of Belbeuf, France

Geography

A small town of forestry, farming and a little light industry situated by the banks of the Seine, some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Rouen at the junction of the D6015 and the D7 roads.

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • A menhir.
  • The eighteenth-century château with its dovecote and park.
  • The sixteenth-century chapel of Saint-Bonaventure & Saint-Adrien, built around a cave in the cliffs overlooking the river.

    • Notable people

  • Jacques Anquetil, cyclist, lived here in the 1960s.
  • Claude Bébéar, businessman, the founder of AXA Assurance, lived here.

    • References

    Belbeuf Wikipedia
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