Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf

Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Commune
The church in Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Coat of arms
Location of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf Location within France Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf Location within Normandy
Coordinates: 49°16′54″N 1°01′20″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	Laurent Bonnaterre
Area 1	3.68 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Elevation	13 m (43 ft)
Highest elevation	75 m (246 ft)
Lowest elevation	4 m (13 ft)
Population  (2023)	10,476
• Density	2,850/km2 (7,370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76165 /76320
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Past Times in the Town

Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf (French pronunciation: [kodbɛk lɛ.z‿ɛlbœf], literally Caudebec near Elbeuf) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A residential and light industrial town situated by the banks of the river Seine, some 13 miles (21 km) south of Rouen, at the junction of the D919 and the D921 roads.

It used to be the site of the Caudebec bore, or tidal wave, which several times a year rushed up the river from the sea. However the tidal estuary was changed to improve shipping access and the bore ceased to function.

Heraldry

Arms of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf

The arms of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf are blazoned: Gules, a sickle reversed and sprig of mistletoe in saltire between (a lance inverted and a throwing axe [francisca] in saltire surmounting a gaulish shield bendwise topped with a winged gaulish helmet contourny) and a dolmen Or charged with the letters ESUS sable impaled with Azure, a she-wolf nursing Romulus and Remus, standing on a pedestal Or charged with the inscription ROMA sable, and in chief a round shield surmounted by (i.e. overall over the shield), a sword palewise, a fasces bendwise, a Aquila bendwise sinister and a trumpet fesswise Or. (An Aquila is a Roman legion's eagle standard; the trumpet is a Roman trumpet 'tuba').

Population

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 9,595 —     1975 9,469 −0.19% 1982 8,963 −0.78% 1990 9,902 +1.25% 1999 9,904 +0.00% 2007 9,640 −0.34% 2012 10,030 +0.80% 2017 10,335 +0.60% 2023 10,476 +0.23% Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
• A twentieth-century château.

Twin towns

• Dereham, England
• Vigarano Mainarda, Italy
• Bad Dürrenberg, Germany
• Prague - Libuš, Czech Republic

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

External links

• Official town website (in French)