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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Tuesday 9:09 PM

Arrondissement
  
Rouen

Region
  
Normandy

Canton
  
Clères (chef-lieu)

Area
  
11.36 km²

Population
  
1,266 (1999)

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Intercommunality
  
Communauté de communes des Portes Nord-Ouest de Rouen

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

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

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Map of 76690 Cl%C3%A8res, France

Geography

A farming and forestry market town situated by the banks of the Clérette river, in the Pays de Caux, some 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D 2, D 6, D 53 and the D 100 roads. SNCF has a TER railway station in the town.

Places of interest

  • The church of Sts. Waast-&-Nicolas, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The church of St. Sauveur at Cordelleville, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The church of Notre-Dame at Le Tôt, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A château and its park, home of the zoo.
  • A seventeenth century sandstone cross.
  • Ruins of a medieval castle.
  • Several ancient wood-framed houses.
  • The eighteenth century market hall ‘Les Halles’.
  • Jean Delacour, ornithologist, lived here.

    • Twin towns

  • Goldenstedt, Germany, since 1989
  • Leverkusen, Germany, since 2000

    • References

    Clères Wikipedia
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