Forêt de Roumare, state forest in Canteleu, France

Forêt de Roumare is a 4,000-hectare state forest in the first Seine loop downstream from Rouen, on a plateau reaching 130 m in the north and sloping gently south. Its clay-with-flint soils in the heart and north carry oaks, beeches and hornbeams; conifers planted on alluvial sands dominate the south. Forest roads and marked paths cross it, and a 26-hectare wildlife park opened in 1966.

Roumare is a state forest of about 4,000 hectares in the first Seine loop downstream of Rouen. A decree of 30 August 2007 classified 4,924 hectares as a protected forest across thirteen communes, including Canteleu, Hénouville, Montigny and Roumare. The December 1999 storm uprooted the centuries-old oak known as "Gadeau de Kerville".

A wildlife park spanning 26 hectares lets visitors watch wild boars, roe deer, red deer, and fallow deer moving through their natural habitats. You can see how these animals live and interact within the forest environment.

Access to the forest is from the parking area facing Montigny church, with marked trails of about 9 kilometers running through forest roads. Wear sturdy footwear and allow enough time to explore the different sections at a comfortable pace.

The forest is the setting of Guy de Maupassant's short story Le Horla. According to legend, Rollon, the first count of the Normans, hung a gold ring on one of its trees for three years and it was never stolen. The oak named Gadeau de Kerville, several centuries old, was uprooted in the December 1999 storm.