Commerce (river)

River in France

Commerce

The Bolbec at Vallot mill

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Location
Country| France
Region| Normandy
Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| Pays de Caux
• elevation| 140 m (460 ft)
Mouth|

• location

| Seine

• coordinates

| 49°28′52″N 0°31′30″E﻿ / ﻿49.48111°N 0.52500°E﻿ / 49.48111; 0.52500
Length| 15.5 km (9.6 mi)
Basin size| 160 km2 (62 sq mi)
Discharge|
• average| 0.240 m3/s (8.5 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression| Seine→ English Channel

The river Bolbec (French pronunciation: [bɔlbɛk]) or Commerce (French pronunciation: [kɔmɛʁs] ⓘ) is one of the rivers that flow from the plateau of the southern Pays de Caux in the Seine-Maritime département of Normandy into the Seine. It is 15.5 km (9.6 mi) long.[1]

The river rises at Bolbec and passes Gruchet-le-Valasse, where its name changes to the Commerce. It then passes through Lillebonne and joins the Seine at Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon.

## Economy

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The Bolbec river at Bolbec

The river hosted many watermills that powered machinery to process both cotton and flax. The area became so prosperous it was named the Golden Valley.

## See also

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* French water management scheme

## References

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1. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Rivière du Commerce (H5130600)".

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