Allouville-Bellefosse

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

Allouville-Bellefosse
Commune
Thousand-year-old oak tree
Location of Allouville-Bellefosse
Allouville-Bellefosse
Allouville-Bellefosse
Coordinates: 49°35′48″N 0°40′39″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonYvetot
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Didier Terrier
Area
1
14.66 km2 (5.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,157
 • Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76001 /76190
Elevation114–154 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.

Geography

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

Population
Historical population of Allouville-Bellefosse
Year196219681975198219901999200420092014
Population645675661903100798698611521165
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 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.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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