Canteleu
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Seine-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Rouen | |
| Canton | Canteleu (main town) | |
| Community association | Métropole Rouen Normandy | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 26 ' N , 1 ° 2' E | |
| height | 2-138 m | |
| surface | 17.61 km 2 | |
| Residents | 14,181 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 805 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 76380 | |
| INSEE code | 76157 | |
| Website | www.ville-canteleu.fr | |
 Gustave Prat square with St. Martin's Church |
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Canteleu is a French city with 14,181 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Seine-Maritime in the region Normandy . The inhabitants are called Cantilien (ne) s.
geography
Canteleu is directly adjacent to the northern French city of Rouen . It is on the edge of the 4000 hectare Forêt de Roumare ( Roumare Forest). The Seine runs between Canteleu and Le Petit-Quevilly, 2.3 kilometers south-east . The Cailly, a tributary of the Seine, and the Clairette flow through the municipality. The hamlet of Croisset, located directly on the Seine, belongs to Canteleu.
history
Canteleu was first mentioned in the 12th century as Cantelupo . The name of the city also extends to part of the forest of Roumare, it means chante loup , which means “place where the wolf howls”.
Thomas de Gades-Renicourt (1211–1274) was Seigneur of Canteleu and Montigny , he succeeded Louis IX. of France (1214–1270) in 1249 on the crusade to Egypt and 1270 on the Seventh Crusade , on which Louis IX. died.
During the Huguenot Wars (1562 to 1598) Canteleu was devastated (1593/94).
Town twinning
There are city partnerships with the northern German city of Buchholz in der Nordheide (since September 1975), the Polish city of Wołów (since September 2005), the English city of New Milton and the city of Kongoussi , which is in Burkina Faso .
Culture and sights
Museums
The Flaubert Pavilion is a museum that exhibits pens, drawings and other objects that belonged to Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880). It's in the hamlet of Croisset. Flaubert's father bought the pavilion in 1844. Flaubert lived in the building for 35 years and wrote his works there. The Flaubert Pavilion has served as a museum since 1906.
Buildings
The Château des Lions was built around 1650. The castle was restored from 1810 to 1817. It belongs to the city today. The chapel of the castle is practically destroyed and its windows are in the Musée des antiquités in Rouen. The castle has been on the additional list of Monuments historiques since 1948 . The monastic residential building of the Pénitents Sainte-Barbe (penitent community Barbara of Nicomedia ) was donated to the penitents in 1472 by a local resident. During the Huguenot Wars, the monastery was devastated and re-consecrated in 1605. The building was rebuilt from 1670 to 1700. A new church was consecrated in 1732. The monastery was closed during the French Revolution . In the 19th century the monastery was converted into an orphanage, retirement home and boarding school, so the buildings were expanded until 1880. Today it is privately owned and in 1995 it was partially entered in the additional directory of the Monuments historiques.
The Château du Panorama was built in 1856 as the residence of the Prat-De la Mossonnière family and served as the town hall until 1890. The nearby Place Gustave Prat offers a panoramic view of Rouen, the Seine Valley and the highest European lift bridge, Gustave Flaubert.
The parish church of Saint-Martin dates from the 13th century. The choir has been preserved. The nave and bell tower were built in the 16th century. The church was rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today it belongs to the city and is partly entered in the additional directory of the Monuments historiques.
economy
Significant branches of industry are the timber industry, floriculture, mushroom cultivation, cattle breeding, paper manufacture and cotton spinning. There are also several quarries in Canteleu.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Canteleu on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
- ↑ a b c Link ( Memento of September 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Canteleu on quid.fr (French) Retrieved in February 2010
- ^ Philippe Jacques Étienne Vincent Guilbert: Mémoires biographiques et littéraires . par ordre alphabétique, sur les hommes qui se sont fait remarquer dans le département de la Seine-Inférieure, par leurs écrits, leurs actions, leurs talens, leurs vertus, etc. Band 1 . F. Mari, Paris 1812, p. 496 ( in Google Books ). (French)
- ↑ Pavillon Flaubert ( Memento of the original dated November 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
- ↑ Entry No. 76157 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
