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Villers Écalles

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

Population (2006)
  
1,847

Area
  
7.41 km²

Arrondissement
  
Rouen

Region
  
Normandy

Canton
  
Pavilly

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Monday 6:05 PM

Villers-Écalles

Weather
  
17°C, Wind NW at 5 km/h, 52% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 76360 Villers-%C3%89calles, France

Geography

A village of farming and associated light industry situated by the banks of the Austreberthe River in the Pays de Caux, some 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Rouen near the junction of the D88 with the D143 road.
The confectionery company Ferrero has a factory here, employing 800 people to produce Nutella and Kinder Bueno.

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Jean, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The ruins of a fifteenth-century chateau with vaulted cellars.
  • A seventeenth-century stone cross.

    • References

    Villers-Écalles Wikipedia
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