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Le Houlme () is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the
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-Inféri ...
department in the
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 ...
region in northern
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Geography

A small
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and
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town situated by the banks of the river
Cailly Cailly () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village situated in the Rouennais, some northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D6, D12 and the D44 roads. The commune i ...
, some northwest of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D51, D90 and the D927 roads. SNCF operates a
TER Ter or TER may refer to: Places * River Ter, in Essex, England * Ter (river), in Catalonia * Ter (department), a region in France * Torre (river), (Slovene: ''Ter''), a river in Italy * Ter, Ljubno, a settlement in the Municipality of Ljubno ob ...
service here. The town is located in a place where the Cailly's valley is beginning to narrow. Thus, the town extends from the Cailly's valley to the beginning of the plateau of Normandy, with some housings located on the cliffs leading to the plateau itself.


Population


Places of interest

* The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century, an interesting example of neo-gothic architectural style. * The war memorial, on the central square of the town ("Place des Canadiens", referring to the Canadian soldiers who were the first of the Allies to step in the town at the end of World War II). * In the streets closer to the Cailly River, it is possible to see several typical factory worker houses from the 19th century, reminding the industrial past of the town and of the Cailly River's valley.


See also

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Communes of the Seine-Maritime department The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Seine-Maritime {{Rouen-geo-stub