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.

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.

See also

• French water management scheme

External links

• The Commerce on the Sandre website (French)
• Accès aux villes et villages de France du Quid (French)
• French Geography website (French)

Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on October 4th 2008.