Allouville-Bellefosse

Allouville-Bellefosse
Thousand-year-old oak tree
Allouville-Bellefosse
Location within Normandy region Allouville-Bellefosse
Coordinates: 49°37′27″N 0°40′37″E / 49.6241°N 0.677°E / 49.6241; 0.677Coordinates: 49°37′27″N 0°40′37″E / 49.6241°N 0.677°E / 49.6241; 0.677
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Yvetot
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Didier Terrier
Area¹	14.66 km² (5.66 sq mi)
Population (2006)²	1,022
• Density	70/km² (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	76001 / 76190
Elevation	114–154 m (374–505 ft) (avg. 148 m or 486 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.

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

Geography

A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Rouen at the junction of the D33, D34 and the D110 roads.

Historical population of Allouville-Bellefosse
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	645	675	661	903	1007	986	1022
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

The church of St.Quentin, dating from the sixteenth century.
Chêne chapelle, a 1000-year-old oak tree (the oldest in France) with a chapel built into it.
The sixteenth-century abandoned church at Bellefosse.
A natural history museum.
The eighteenth-century château, in Louis XV style.
Two manorhouses, at Bellefosse and Ismenil.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Allouville-Bellefosse.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/26/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.