Belbeuf

Belbeuf () 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 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

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