Belbeuf

Belbeuf
Commune
The Cliffs of Belbeuf, by Robert Antoine Pinchon
Coat of arms
Location of Belbeuf
Belbeuf Location within France Show map of France Belbeuf Location within Normandy Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 49°23′23″N 1°08′37″E / 49.3897°N 1.1436°E / 49.3897; 1.1436
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Darnétal
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	Léon Taisne
Area 1	6.56 km2 (2.53 sq mi)
Elevation	156 m (512 ft)
Highest elevation	161 m (528 ft)
Lowest elevation	2 m (6.6 ft)
Population  (2023)	2,264
• Density	345/km2 (894/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76069 /76240
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Belbeuf (French pronunciation: [bɛlbœf]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A small town of forestry, farming and a little light industry situated by the banks of the Seine, some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Rouen at the junction of the D6015 and the D7 roads.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
• A menhir.
• The eighteenth-century château with its dovecote and park.
• The sixteenth-century chapel of Saint-Bonaventure & Saint-Adrien, built around a cave in the cliffs overlooking the river.

Notable people

• Jacques Anquetil, cyclist, lived here in the 1960s.
• Claude Bébéar, businessman, the former CEO of AXA Assurance, lived here.
• Jacques Godart, 6th Marquis de Belbeuf

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Belbeuf.

• Official town website (in French)
• Belbeuf Rowing Club = Club Nautique de Belbeuf (in French) rowing on the Seine, in picturesque surroundings, a few kilometres upstream of Rouen