Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
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 The church in Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf 
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| Coordinates: 49°16′54″N 1°01′20″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Rouen Normandie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Laurent Bonnaterre |
| Area 1 | 3.68 km2 (1.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 10,335 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76165 /76320 |
| Elevation | 4–75 m (13–246 ft) (avg. 13 m or 43 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Past Times in the Town
Geography
A residential and light industrial town situated by the banks of the river Seine, some 13 miles (21 km) south of Rouen, at the junction of the D919 and the D921 roads.
It used to be the site of the Caudebec bore, or tidal wave, which several times a year rushed up the river from the sea. However the tidal estuary was changed to improve shipping access and the bore ceased to function.
Heraldry
Arms of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf |
The arms of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf are blazoned : Gules, a sickle reversed and sprig of mistletoe in saltire between (a lance inverted and a throwing axe [francisca] in saltire surmounting a gaulish shield bendwise topped with a winged gaulish helmet contourny) and a dolmen Or charged with the letters ESUS sable impaled with Azure, a she-wolf nursing Romulus and Remus, standing on a pedestal Or charged with the inscription ROMA sable, and in chief a round shield surmounted by (i.e. overall over the shield), a sword palewise, a fasces bendwise, a Aquila bendwise sinister and a trumpet fesswise Or. (An Aquila is a Roman legion's eagle standard; the trumpet is a Roman trumpet 'tuba'). |
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| Population | 9,270 | 9,595 | 9,469 | 8,963 | 9,902 | 9,904 | 9,676 | 10,030 |
Places of interest
- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
- A twentieth-century château.
Twin towns
Dereham, England
Vigarano Mainarda, Italy
Bad Dürrenberg, Germany
Prague - Libuš, Czech Republic[2]
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Twin towns - in French Archived 2012-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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- Official town website (in French)
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