Canton of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
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The Canton of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf is a canton situated 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...

 département and 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 of 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

An area noted for motorcar manufacturing
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...

, farming, forestry
Forestry
Forestry is the interdisciplinary profession embracing the science, art, and craft of creating, managing, using, and conserving forests and associated resources in a sustainable manner to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human benefit. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands...

 and light industry
Light industry
Light industry is usually less capital intensive than heavy industry, and is more consumer-oriented than business-oriented...

 in the arrondissement of Rouen
Arrondissement of Rouen
The Arrondissement of Rouen is one of 342 arrondissements of France, located in the Seine-Maritime département, in the Haute-Normandie région...

, centred on the town of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
-Population:-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-External links:* *...

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Composition

The Canton of Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf comprises 6 communes and a total of 28,171 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).
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| Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf
-Population:-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-External links:* *...

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| Cléon
Cléon
-Population:-Places of interest:* The church of St.Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.* A seventeenth century manorhouse.-External links:*...

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| Freneuse
Freneuse, Seine-Maritime
-Places of interest:* The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.* The chateau at the hamlet of Beaudoin.* The seventeenth century chateau du Val-Freneuse-External links:*...

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| Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf
Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf
Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A small suburb town of farming and light industry situated by the banks of the Seine, some south of Rouen at the junction of the D921 with the D321 and the D913 with...

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| Sotteville-sous-le-Val
Sotteville-sous-le-Val
Sotteville-sous-le-Val is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village situated in a meander of the river Seine, some south of Rouen at the junction of the D91, D92 and the D292 roads. The A13 autoroute runs through the...

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| Tourville-la-Rivière
Tourville-la-Rivière
-Population:-Places of interest:* The shopping centre.* The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.* The seventeenth-century chateau of Tourville at Bédane, with a dovecote built in 1691 and a 15th century chapel....

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See also

  • 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...

  • Arrondissements of the Seine-Maritime department
  • Cantons of the Seine-Maritime department
  • Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
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