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Canteleu

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

Intercommunality
  
CREA

Area
  
17.61 km²

Arrondissement
  
Rouen

Region
  
Normandy

Canton
  
Maromme

Population (2011)
  
14,790

Local time
  
Wednesday 12:11 PM

Canteleu

Weather
  
12°C, Wind SW at 24 km/h, 90% Humidity

Canteleu is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France.

Contents

Map of 76380 Canteleu, 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.

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

    • References

    Canteleu Wikipedia
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