The Cailly () is a river in
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
,
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
, in length,
flowing through the department of
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of 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. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Infér ...
. It is a right tributary of the
Seine
The Seine ( , ) is a river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plate ...
.
Geography
The Cailly has its source in the territory of the commune of
Cailly. Taking a southward journey, it flows through
Fontaine-le-Bourg
Fontaine-le-Bourg () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A village of farming and a little light industry, situated by the banks of the Cailly in the Pays de Caux, some north of R ...
, meeting its principal tributary, the
Clérette
The Clérette is a river of Normandy, France, in length, flowing through the department of Seine-Maritime. It is a right tributary of the Cailly.
Geography
The Clérette has its source in the northern part of the territory of the commune ...
at
Montville. It then flows through
Malaunay,
Houlme,
Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville,
Maromme,
Déville-lès-Rouen
Déville-lès-Rouen (, literally ''Déville near Rouen'') is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department of the Normandy region in north-western France.
Geography
A suburban light industrial town situated by the banks of the Cailly, some n ...
and finally
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the region of Normandy and the department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, the population ...
where it joins the
Seine
The Seine ( , ) is a river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plate ...
on its right bank.
The average flow of the Cailly at
Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville is 2.6 m³ / second.
H9913020 Le Cailly à Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville
on the Eau France website. Consulted 20 August 2020.
History
In the 18th and 19th centuries, the valley was filled with textile mills, which earned it the nickname ''la petite Manchester'', (Little Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
).
Bibliography
*Albert Hennetier, ''Aux sources normandes: Promenade au fil des rivières en Seine-Maritime'', Ed. Bertout, Luneray, 2006
See also
* French water management scheme
References
Rivers of Normandy
Rivers of France
Rivers of Seine-Maritime
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