Allouville-Bellefosse

Allouville-Bellefosse
Commune
Thousand-year-old oak tree
Location of Allouville-Bellefosse
Allouville-Bellefosse Location within France Allouville-Bellefosse Location within Normandy
Coordinates: 49°35′48″N 0°40′39″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Yvetot
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Terrier
Area 1	14.66 km2 (5.66 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	1,153
• Density	78.65/km2 (203.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Allouville-Bellefosse (French pronunciation: [aluvil bɛlfos]) 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%
2023	1,153	−0.06%
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 (in French)