Clères
Clères is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.Geography
A farming and forestry market town situated by the banks of the Clérette river, in the Pays de Caux, some northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D 2, D 6, D 53 and the D 100 roads. SNCF has a TER railway station in the town.Heraldry
Population
- The church of Sts. Waast-&-Nicolas, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The church of St. Sauveur at Cordelleville, dating from the twelfth century.
- The church of Notre-Dame at Le Tôt, dating from the twelfth century.
- A château and its park, home of the zoo.
- A seventeenth century sandstone cross.
- Ruins of a medieval castle.
- Several ancient wood-framed houses.
- The eighteenth century market hall ‘Les Halles’.
People with links to the commune
- Jean Delacour, ornithologist, lived here.
- Goldenstedt, Germany, since 1989
- Leverkusen, Germany, since 2000
