Belbeuf Explained

Belbeuf
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Belbeuf (Seine-Maritime).svg
Arrondissement:	Rouen
Canton:	Darnétal
Insee:	76069
Postal Code:	76240
Mayor:	Jean-Guy Lecouteux^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Coordinates:	49.3897°N 1.1436°W
Elevation M:	156
Elevation Min M:	2
Elevation Max M:	161
Area Km2:	6.56

Belbeuf (in French pronounced as /bɛlbœf/) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A small town of forestry, farming and a little light industry situated by the banks of the Seine, some 6miles 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 former CEO of AXA Assurance, lived here.
• Jacques Godart, 6th Marquis de Belbeuf

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

External links

• Official town website
• Belbeuf Rowing Club = Club Nautique de Belbeuf rowing on the Seine, in picturesque surroundings, a few kilometres upstream of Rouen

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.