Canteleu Explained

Canteleu
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Canteleu.svg
Arrondissement:	Rouen
Canton:	Canteleu
Insee:	76157
Postal Code:	76380
Mayor:	Mélanie Boulanger^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Coordinates:	49.4411°N 1.0261°W
Elevation M:	128
Elevation Min M:	2
Elevation Max M:	138
Area Km2:	17.61

Canteleu (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A small town of forestry and light industry situated by the banks of the river Seine, just 30NaN0 northwest and over the river from the centre of Rouen, at the junction of the D 51, D 982 and the D 94 roads.

Heraldry

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

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

Bibliography

• Alice Lejard, Canteleu aux multiples facettes, 2000
• Michel Giard, Hurler avec les loups à Canteleu, Éd. Charles Corlet, 2003

External links

• Official town website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.