Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf

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Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Coat of arms of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf (France)
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
region Normandy
Department Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement Rouen
Canton Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Community association Métropole Rouen Normandy
Coordinates 49 ° 17 '  N , 0 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 17 '  N , 0 ° 44'  E
height 4-75 m
surface 3.68 km 2
Residents 10,335 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 2,808 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 76320
INSEE code
Website http://www.caudebecleselbeuf.fr/

Notre-Dame church in Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf

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Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf is a French municipality with 10,335 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Seine-Maritime in the region Normandy . It belongs to the arrondissement of Rouen and is the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf . The inhabitants of the place are called Caudebecais.

geography

Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf lies on an arch of the Seine . It is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf in the north, Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf in the east and Elbeuf in the south and west.

history

Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf is located exactly at the point where the ( Peutinger tablet ( tabula Peutingeriana ) ) from the year 300 lists the Galloceltic settlement Uggade . The settlement is on the former connection from Paris to Rouen . The place name comes from the Norman Caldebec between 962 and 996 (synonymous with cold brook ). This is how the name of Caudebec-en-Caux was formed.

Population development

  • 1962: 9,270
  • 1968: 9,595
  • 1975: 9,469
  • 1982: 8.963
  • 1990: 9.902
  • 1999: 9.904
  • 2006: 9,676
  • 2011: 9,905

Attractions

  • Notre Dame church with the Romanesque tower from the 11th century and the organ from 1891

Parish partnership

Web links

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