Eslettes

Eslettes
Commune
Location of Eslettes
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Eslettes is located in France
Eslettes
Eslettes
Eslettes is located in Normandy
Eslettes
Eslettes
Coordinates: 49°32′49″N 1°03′12″E / 49.5469°N 1.0533°E / 49.5469; 1.0533
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonNotre-Dame-de-Bondeville
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Roland Gueville[1]
Area
1
5.12 km2 (1.98 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,641
 • Density320/km2 (830/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76245 /76710
Elevation44–167 m (144–548 ft)
(avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Eslettes is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village situated by the banks of the Cailly in the Pays de Caux, some 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D251, D44 and the D297 roads. The A151 autoroute pass through the territory of the commune.

Toponymy

Mentioned in a Latinized version : Esletis ab. 1040.[3] Old Norse sletta "flat land" with an Old English plural -s. Same origin as Sleights (Yorkshire), and without -s, Sletten (Denmark).[4]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 513—    
1975 665+3.78%
1982 935+4.99%
1990 1,383+5.01%
1999 1,396+0.10%
2007 1,507+0.96%
2012 1,469−0.51%
2017 1,567+1.30%
Source: INSEE[5]

Places of interest

  • The modern church of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc (Joan of Arc), 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ François de Beaurepaire, Les noms des communes et anciennes paroisss de la Seine-Maritime, éditions Picard. p. 73.
  4. ^ Beaurepaire.
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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