Eslettes is a
commune in the
Seine-Maritime
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department in the
Normandy
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Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
region
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in northern
France
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.
Geography
A
farming
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village situated by the banks of the
Cailly in the
Pays de Caux
The Pays de Caux (, , literally ''Land of Caux'') is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French '' département'' of Seine Maritime in Normandy. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cl ...
, some northeast of
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...
, 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.
[François de Beaurepaire, ''Les noms des communes et anciennes paroisss de la Seine-Maritime'', éditions Picard. p. 73.] Old Norse ''sletta'' "flat land" with an Old English plural -s. Same origin as
Sleights (Yorkshire), and without -s,
Sletten (Denmark).
Population
Places of interest
* The modern church of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc (
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc ( ; ; – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the Coronation of the French monarch, coronation of Charles VII o ...
), 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
Communes of Seine-Maritime
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