Bolbec
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Seine-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Le Havre | |
| Canton | Bolbec | |
| Community association | Caux Seine agglo | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 34 ' N , 0 ° 28' E | |
| height | 29-142 m | |
| surface | 12.24 km 2 | |
| Residents | 11,417 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 933 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 76210 | |
| INSEE code | 76114 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-bolbec.fr | |
 Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville ) |
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Bolbec is a French municipality with 11,417 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Seine-Maritime in the region Normandy . It belongs to the arrondissement of Le Havre and the canton of Bolbec .
history
The place is called Bolebec in the 11th century . Old Norse place name bekkr "Bach" des Boli (Danish-Nordic one- piece nickname, which also appears in Bolleville , eight kilometers away ) mentioned for the first time.
After the Second World War, a camp for German prisoners of war was located here.
Population development
- 1962: 12.212
- 1968: 12,716
- 1975: 12,555
- 1982: 12,461
- 1990: 12,372
- 1999: 12,588
- 2005: 12.801
'2017: 11,417
Attractions
- Saint-Michel church
- Manoir de Cailletot
- Château du Val au Grès
Personalities
- François-Amable Ruffin (1771–1811), infantry general
- Jacques Prével (1915–1951), poet
- Dominique Noguez (* 1942), writer
Town twinning
There was a town partnership with the former Lower Saxony district of Wittlage (until the municipal reform in 1972). This partnership is continued today by the municipalities of Bad Essen , Bohmte and Ostercappeln , which all belonged to the Wittlage district.
literature
- Edouard-Ferdinand Collen-Castaigne, Essai historique et statistique sur la ville de Bolbec , Rouen, 1839
- Pierre Dardel, Les Manufactures de toiles peintes et de serges imprimées à Rouen et à Bolbec aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles , Rouen, 1940
- Jacques Vauquelin, Bolbec, ses rues… ses places… , Bolbec, 1970
- Bolbec. Les hôtels de ville, les statues du jardin public , 1982
- Alain Avenel et Raymond Bernard, Splendeur des indiennes bolbécaises , Bolbec, 1996
- Raymond Bernard, Bolbec. Ses rues d'hier à aujourd'hui , 2003
- Raymond Bernard, Bolbec. Ses écoles d'hier à aujourd'hui , 2006
- Philippe Delacroix, CCPWE n ° 23. Le camp de prisonniers de guerre allemands de Bolbec (Février 1945 - Août 1946)
