Villers-Écalles () is a
commune in the
Seine-Maritime
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department in the
Normandy
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region in northern
France
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.
Geography
A village of
farming
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and associated
light industry
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situated by the banks of the river
Austreberthe
The Austreberthe () is an 18-km river in the Seine-Maritime. Its source is the village of Sainte-Austreberthe. It meets the Seine at Duclair.
The Austreberthe is crossed by the Barentin Viaduct, a noteworthy 30 metre high brick railway bridge ...
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 northwest 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 ...
near the junction of the D88 with the D143 road.
The
confectionery
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company
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* Ferrero (company), an Italian manufacturer of chocolate
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has a factory here, employing 800 people to produce
Nutella
Nutella ( , , ; stylized in all lowercase) is a brand of brown, sweetened hazelnut cocoa spread. Nutella is manufactured by the Italian company Ferrero and was introduced in 1964, although its first iteration dates to 1963.
History
Pietro ...
and
Kinder Bueno
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.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of St. Jean, dating from the thirteenth century.
* The ruins of a fifteenth-century chateau with vaulted cellars.
* A seventeenth-century stone cross.
See also
*
References
External links
Official commune website
Communes of Seine-Maritime
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