Canteleu

A small town of forestry and light industry situated by the banks of the river Seine, just {{convert|3|km|mi|0|spell=in}} northwest and over the river from the centre of Rouen, at the junction of the D 51, D 982 and the D 94 roads.

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|text=The arms of Canteleu are blazoned :
Argent, a chevron gules between 3 trefoils vert.

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{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-76157#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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|1968 |13415

|1975 |14174

|1982 |15276

|1990 |16090

|1999 |15430

|2007 |14430

|2012 |14781

|2017 |14181

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• Saint-Martin's church, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The seventeenth century convent of Sainte-Barbe, built over a cave in the cliffs, overlooking the river.
• The Flaubert museum.
• The two churches of St. Pierre, at the hamlets of Bapeaume (1872) and Croisset.
• Vestiges of a 12th-century castle at Croisset.
• A Carthaginian column in the park.
• The sixteenth century Château des Deux-Lions.
• A turretted house at Dieppedalle.

• Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) lived at the hamlet of Croisset for 40 years and died here.
• English painter Robert Henry Cheney (1801–1866) painted several views of and from here, including the watercolour Rouen-From the chateau de Cantelieu, July 19, 1842.

• {{Flagicon|GER}} Buchholz in der Nordheide, Germany
• {{Flagicon|POL}} Wolow, Poland
• {{Flagicon|ENG}} New Milton, England
• {{Flagicon|BUR}} Kongoussi, Burkina Faso

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

{{Reflist}}

• Alice Lejard, Canteleu aux multiples facettes, 2000 {{ISBN|2-9516176-0-7}}
• Michel Giard, Hurler avec les loups à Canteleu, Éd. Charles Corlet, 2003 {{ISBN|2847060774}}

{{Commons category|Canteleu}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090106010150/http://www.ville-de-canteleu.com/ Official town website] {{in lang|fr}}

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Category:Communes of Seine-Maritime

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