Commerce (river)

Commerce (river)
Commerce

The Bolbec at Vallot mill.
Origin Pays de Caux
Mouth Seine
49°28′52″N 0°31′30″E / 49.48111°N 0.525°E / 49.48111; 0.525
Basin countries France
Length 15.5 km
Source elevation 140m
Avg. discharge 0.240
Basin area 160 km²

The river Bolbec or Commerce is one of the rivers that flow from the plateau of the southern Pays de Caux in the Seine-Maritime département of Haute-Normandie into the Seine.
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.

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Economy

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.

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