La Cerlangue
Encyclopedia
La Cerlangue is a commune in the Seine-Maritime
department in the Haute-Normandie
region
in northern France
.
, some 10 miles (16.1 km) east of Le Havre
, at the junction of the D112 and D910 roads. The canal de Tancarville and the A131 autoroute
cut through the middle of the commune. The river Seine
forms the commune’s southern border .
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
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in 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...
.
Geography
A farming village in the Pays de CauxPays 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 10 miles (16.1 km) east of Le Havre
Le Havre
Le Havre is a city in the Seine-Maritime department of the Haute-Normandie region in France. It is situated in north-western France, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Seine on the English Channel. Le Havre is the most populous commune in the Haute-Normandie region, although the total...
, at the junction of the D112 and D910 roads. The canal de Tancarville and the A131 autoroute
A131 autoroute
Autoroute 131 links the A13 and Le Havre.The motorway starts at exit 26 on the A13 and ends in the outskirts of Le Havre.It is operated by the Société des Autoroutes de Paris Normandie . Its total length is . Apart from the Pont de Tancarville where a toll is applicable, the motorway is toll-free....
cut through the middle of the commune. The river Seine
Seine
The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels...
forms the commune’s southern border .
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St. Leonard, dating from the thirteenth century.
- The eleventh century church of St.Jean-d'Abbetot.