Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf

Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
	Commune
	The church in Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf Location within Normandy region Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
	Coordinates: 49°16′54″N 1°01′20″E / 49.2817°N 1.0222°ECoordinates: 49°16′54″N 1°01′20″E / 49.2817°N 1.0222°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Laurent Bonnaterre
Area1	3.68 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	10,030
• Density	2,700/km2 (7,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Past Times in the Town

Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

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

	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

Historical population of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
(Source: EHESS to 1999, then Insee)
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
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

References

INSEE

↑ Twin towns - in French Archived 2012-12-17 at the Wayback Machine.

External links

Official town website (in French)
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf on the Quid website (in French)

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[1] Twin towns - in French Archived 2012-12-17 at the Wayback Machine.