Allouville-Bellefosse
Encyclopedia
Allouville-Bellefosse is a commune
in the Seine-Maritime
department in the Haute-Normandie
region in northern France
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, some 30 miles (48.3 km) northeast of Rouen
at the junction of the D33, D34 and the D110 roads.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre...
department in the Haute-Normandie
Haute-Normandie
Upper Normandy is one of the 27 regions of France. It was created in 1984 from two départements: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. This division continues to provoke controversy, and some continue to call for reuniting the two regions...
region in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
A farming village situated in the Pays de CauxPays de Caux
The Pays de Caux is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French département of Seine Maritime in Haute-Normandie. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cliffs on the English Channel coast - its coastline is known as the Côte d'Albâtre...
, some 30 miles (48.3 km) northeast of Rouen
Rouen
Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...
at the junction of the D33, D34 and the D110 roads.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St.Quentin, dating from the sixteenth century.
- Chêne chapelleChêne chapelleThe Chêne chapelle is an oak tree located in Allouville-Bellefosse in Seine-Maritime, France.The oak tree is between 800 and 1,200 year old. It is 15m high and its base has a circumference of 16m...
, a 1000 year-old oakOakAn oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
tree (the oldest in France) with a chapel built into it. - The sixteenth century abandoned church at Bellefosse.
- A natural historyNatural historyNatural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
museum. - The eighteenth century château, in Louis XV style.
- Two manorhouses, at Bellefosse and Ismenil.