Allouville-Bellefosse Explained
| Allouville-Bellefosse |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Rouen |
| Canton: | Yvetot |
| Insee: | 76001 |
| Postal Code: | 76190 |
| Mayor: | Didier Terrier[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Coordinates: | 49.5967°N 0.6774°W |
| Elevation M: | 148 |
| Elevation Min M: | 114 |
| Elevation Max M: | 154 |
| Area Km2: | 14.66 |
Allouville-Bellefosse is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.
Geography
A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 30miles northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D33, D34 and the D110 roads.
Places of interest
- The church of St.Quentin, dating from the sixteenth century.
- Chêne chapelle, a 1000-year-old oak tree (the oldest in France). The tree houses two chapels, the lower dedicated to Notre Dame de la Paix and the upper called the Cellule de l'Eremite.[2]
- The sixteenth-century abandoned church at Bellefosse.
- A natural history museum.
- The eighteenth-century château, in Louis XV style.
- Two manorhouses, at Bellefosse and Ismenil.
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
- Book: Hare, Augustus John Cuthbert . North-western France (Normandy and Brittany) . 1895 . G. Allen . 69 . en.
