Belbeuf

Belbeuf
Belbeuf
Location within Upper Normandy region Belbeuf
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Boos
Intercommunality	CREA
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Guy Lecouteux
Area1	6.56 km2 (2.53 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	2,123
• Density	320/km2 (840/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76069 / 76240
Elevation	2–161 m (6.6–528.2 ft) (avg. 156 m or 512 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.

Belbeuf is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A small town of forestry, farming and a little light industry situated by the banks of the Seine, some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Rouen at the junction of the D6015 and the D7 roads.

Population

Historical population of Belbeuf

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	901	1240	1409	1681	1696	2032	2123
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 Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
• A menhir.
• The eighteenth-century château with its dovecote and park.
• The sixteenth-century chapel of Saint-Bonaventure & Saint-Adrien, built around a cave in the cliffs overlooking the river.

Notable people

• Jacques Anquetil, cyclist, lived here in the 1960s.
• Claude Bébéar, businessman, the founder of AXA Assurance, lived here.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official town website (French)
• Belbeuf Rowing Club = Club Nautique de Belbeuf (French) rowing on the Seine, in picturesque surroundings, a few kilometres upstream of Rouen
• Belbeuf on the Quid website (French)