Canteleu (French pronunciation: [kɑ̃tlø]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

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Canteleu
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Canteleu
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Coordinates: 49°26′28″N 1°01′34″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Canteleu
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Mélanie Boulanger[1]
Area 1	17.61 km2 (6.80 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	13,966
• Density	790/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76157 /76380
Elevation	2–138 m (6.6–452.8 ft) (avg. 128 m or 420 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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A small town of forestry and light industry situated by the banks of the river Seine, just three kilometres (2 mi) northwest and over the river from the centre of Rouen, at the junction of the D 51, D 982 and the D 94 roads.

Heraldry

The arms of Canteleu are blazoned : Argent, a chevron gules between 3 trefoils vert.

• Saint-Martin's church, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The seventeenth century convent of Sainte-Barbe, built over a cave in the cliffs, overlooking the river.
• The Flaubert museum.
• The two churches of St. Pierre, at the hamlets of Bapeaume (1872) and Croisset.
• Vestiges of a 12th-century castle at Croisset.
• A Carthaginian column in the park.
• The sixteenth century Château des Deux-Lions.
• A turretted house at Dieppedalle.

• Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) lived at the hamlet of Croisset for 40 years and died here.
• English painter Robert Henry Cheney (1801–1866) painted several views of and from here, including the watercolour Rouen-From the chateau de Cantelieu, July 19, 1842.

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• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department