Elbeuf

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

Geography
A light industrial town situated by the banks of the Seine some 11 mi south of Rouen at the junction of the D7, D321 and the D313 roads. The commune's territory is largely residential to the north but the southern section is covered by thick woodland. Its position by a meander of the Seine leaves the town susceptible to flooding.

History
The first written record of the town was in the 10th century, on a map of Richard I of Normandy, under the name "Wellebou". It passed into the hands of the houses of Rieux and Lorraine, and was raised to the rank of a duchy in the peerage of France by Henry III in favour of Charles de Lorraine. The last duke of Elbeuf was Charles Eugène of Lorraine.

Places of interest

 * The mairie, also housing the museum.
 * Two seventeenth-century churches.
 * Some sixteenth-century houses.
 * Elbeuf corp headquarters.
 * A fifteenth-century stone cross.
 * The theatre (1890), renovated in the late twentieth century.



Notable people

 * Raoul Grimoin-Sanson, cinematography inventor, was born here.
 * André Maurois (né Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog), novelist, member of the Académie française
 * David Vigor was born here and was a member of the Australian Senate, representing the Australian Democrats and the Unite Australia Party

Twin towns
🇩🇪 Lingen, Germany