- Source: Elbeuf
Elbeuf (French pronunciation: [ɛlbœf]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A light industrial town situated by the banks of the Seine some 11 miles (18 km) south of Rouen at the junction of the D7, D321 and the D313 roads.
The commune's territory is largely residential to the north but the southern section is covered by thick woodland. Its position by a meander of the Seine leaves the town susceptible to flooding.
History
The first written record of the town was in the 10th century, on a map of Richard I of Normandy, under the name "Wellebou". It passed into the hands of the houses of Rieux and Lorraine, and was raised to the rank of a duchy in the peerage of France by Henry III in favour of Charles de Lorraine. The last duke of Elbeuf was Charles Eugène of Lorraine.
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Places of interest
The mairie, also housing the museum.
Two seventeenth-century churches.
Some sixteenth-century houses.
Elbeuf corp headquarters.
A fifteenth-century stone cross.
The theatre (1890), renovated in the late twentieth century.
Notable people
Raoul Grimoin-Sanson, cinematography inventor, was born here.
André Maurois (né Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog), novelist, member of the Académie française
David Vigor was born here and was a member of the Australian Senate, representing the Australian Democrats and the Unite Australia Party
Twin towns
Lingen, Germany
See also
List of rulers of Elbeuf
Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
References
External links
Official Elbeuf website (in French)
Website of the Communauté d'Agglomération d'Elbeuf (in French)
Website of the parish of Elbeuf (in French)
Elbeuf on the Quid website (in French)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Komune di departemen Seine-Maritime
- Wangsa Guise
- Charles II
- Gabungan komune di Prancis
- Léopold I dari Lorraine
- Daftar stasiun SNCF di Haute-Normandie
- TER Haute Normandie
- Lingen
- André Maurois
- Charles I
- Elbeuf
- Elbeuf tramway
- Charles I, Duke of Elbeuf
- House of Guise
- Elbeuf-en-Bray
- Charles III, Duke of Elbeuf
- François Marie, Prince of Lillebonne
- Métropole Rouen Normandie
- Lords, Marquesses and Dukes of Elbeuf
- Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf
