Eslettes is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 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...

 department 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

Régions of France

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 in northern France

France

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Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the Cailly River

Cailly River

The Cailly is a river of Normandy, France, in length, flowing through the department of Seine-Maritime.- Geography :The Cailly has its source in the territory of the commune of Cailly. Taking a southward journey, it flows through Fontaine-le-Bourg, meeting its principal tributary, the Clérette at...

 in the Pays de Caux

Pays de Caux

The Pays de Caux is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French département of Seine Maritime in Haute-Normandie. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cliffs on the English Channel coast - its coastline is known as the Côte d'Albâtre...

, some 16 miles (25.7 km) northeast of Rouen

Rouen

Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...

, at the junction of the D251, D44 and the D297 roads. The A151 autoroute

A151 autoroute

-Route:*Exchange A150/A151 junction with A150 autoroute to Rouen and Yvetot.*02 Eslettes 6 km Towns served: Montville, Eslettes*Exchange A151/A29 Junction with A29 autoroute to Le Havre and Saint-Quentin....

 pass through the territory of the commune.

Toponymy

Mentioned in a Latinized version : Esletis ab. 1040.

Old Norse sletta "flat land" with an Old English plural -s.

Same place-name as Sleights

Sleights

Sleights is an English village, rumoured to be the largest in North Yorkshire, England. It is located in the Esk Valley in the postal region of Whitby, and is part of the borough of Scarborough....

 (Yorkshire), and without -s, Sletten (Danemark).

Population

Places of interest

• The modern church of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc (Joan of Arc
  Joan of Arc
  Saint Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" , is a national heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France who claimed divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the...
  
  ), dating from the twentieth century. Built between 1920 (canonization year of Joan of Arc) and 1925.
• Two châteaux, de la Ratière and Galais.
• The eighteenth century château des Alleurs.

External links

• Eslettes on the Quid website