Esteville

Esteville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the region of Normandy, France.

Esteville
Commune
The chateau in Esteville
Coat of arms
Location of Esteville
Esteville
Esteville
Coordinates: 49°36′24″N 1°13′21″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonBois-Guillaume
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Roger Léger
Area
1
5.29 km2 (2.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
495
 • Density94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76247 /76690
Elevation156–176 m (512–577 ft)
(avg. 172 m or 564 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D15 and the D57 roads.

Heraldry
Arms of Esteville
 The arms of Esteville are blazoned :
Gules, a chevron between 2 plates and a fallow deer head argent, on a chief Or a castle gules between 2 trefoils vert.

Population
Historical population of Esteville
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population252261320428378376511
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Notable people

Abbé Pierre, priest and founder of the Emmaus movement, lived here for more than 20 years and was buried here, alongside 20 of his companions and his secretary, Lucie Coutaz who assisted him for much of his life. A centre of the Emmaus Movement, housing youngsters in difficulty, was built here where the priest's own private room may still be seen. Today his grave has become a place of meditation and the village of Esteville sometimes receives between 300 and 500 visitors per day.

Places of interest
  • The church of St.Sulpice, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The church of St.Clotilde, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The seventeenth-century chateau.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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