Belbeuf

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Belbeuf

|commune status = Commune

|image = Robert Antoine Pinchon, Falaises de Belbeuf, oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm.jpg

|caption = The Cliffs of Belbeuf, by Robert Antoine Pinchon

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Belbeuf (Seine-Maritime).svg

|arrondissement = Rouen

|canton = Darnétal

|INSEE = 76069

|postal code = 76240

|mayor = Jean-Guy Lecouteux{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Métropole Rouen Normandie

|coordinates = {{coord|49.3897|1.1436|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 156

|elevation min m = 2

|elevation max m = 161

|area km2 = 6.56

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Belbeuf ({{IPA|fr|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 {{convert|6|mi|km}} south of Rouen at the junction of the D6015 and the D7 roads.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-76069#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |1240

|1975 |1409

|1982 |1681

|1990 |1696

|1999 |2032

|2007 |2075

|2012 |1951

|2017 |2201

}}

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

References

External links

[http://www.belbeuf.fr/ Official town website] {{in lang|fr}}
[http://www.cnbelbeuf.fr Belbeuf Rowing Club = Club Nautique de Belbeuf] {{in lang|fr}} rowing on the Seine, in picturesque surroundings, a few kilometres upstream of Rouen

Category:Communes of Seine-Maritime