Allouville-Bellefosse

Allouville-Bellefosse
Commune
Thousand-year-old oak tree
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Yvetot
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Terrier
Area1	14.66 km2 (5.66 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	76001 / 76190
Elevation	114–154 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	675	—
1975	661	−0.30%
1982	903	+4.56%
1990	1,007	+1.37%
1999	986	−0.23%
2007	1,044	+0.72%
2012	1,180	+2.48%
2017	1,157	−0.39%
Source: INSEE

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). The tree houses two chapels, the lower dedicated to Notre Dame de la Paix and the upper called the Cellule de l'Eremite.
• 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

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

External links

• Official website of Allouville-Bellefosse