• Source: Belbeuf

      • Belbeuf (French pronunciation: [bɛlbœf]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.


      Geography


      A small town of forestry, farming and a little light industry situated by the banks of the Seine, some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Rouen at the junction of the D6015 and the D7 roads.


      Population




      Places of interest


      The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
      A menhir.
      The eighteenth-century château with its dovecote and park.
      The sixteenth-century chapel of Saint-Bonaventure & Saint-Adrien, built around a cave in the cliffs overlooking the river.


      Notable people


      Jacques Anquetil, cyclist, lived here in the 1960s.
      Claude Bébéar, businessman, the former CEO of AXA Assurance, lived here.
      Jacques Godart, 6th Marquis de Belbeuf


      See also


      Communes of the Seine-Maritime department


      References




      External links



      Official town website (in French)
      Belbeuf Rowing Club = Club Nautique de Belbeuf (in French) rowing on the Seine, in picturesque surroundings, a few kilometres upstream of Rouen

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