Allouville-Bellefosse

Allouville-Bellefosse
Commune
Thousand-year-old oak tree
Allouville-Bellefosse
Location within Normandy region
Allouville-Bellefosse
Coordinates: 49°37′27″N 0°40′37″E / 49.6241°N 0.677°E / 49.6241; 0.677Coordinates: 49°37′27″N 0°40′37″E / 49.6241°N 0.677°E / 49.6241; 0.677
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Yvetot
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Didier Terrier
Area1 14.66 km2 (5.66 sq mi)
Population (2014)2 1,165
 • Density 79/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 76001 /76190
Elevation 114–154 m (374–505 ft)
(avg. 148 m or 486 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Allouville-Bellefosse is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Rouen at the junction of the D33, D34 and the D110 roads.

Population

Historical population of Allouville-Bellefosse
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population64567566190310079861022
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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) with a chapel built into it.
  • 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

References

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