Centre commercial du Mesnil-Roux

The Centre commercial du Mesnil-Roux is a regional shopping centre located in the commune of Barentin, in the Seine-Maritime department of Normandy, France. It is served by the A150 motorway on the Rouen–Yvetot axis. The centre opened in 1973 alongside one of the first Carrefour hypermarkets, making it an early example of the French out-of-town shopping centre model that combined a large hypermarket with a gallery of smaller shops. Today the Mesnil-Roux regional shopping centre is among the largest in the Haute-Normandie area. It includes a hypermarket with a sales area of 14,000 m², a shopping gallery of 20,000 m² and a car park with 2,150 spaces. The wider Barentin commercial zone alone accounts for 2,500 jobs spread across 215 businesses. Since the 2000s the Barentin retail area has expanded with the Carbonnière commercial zone and then the Parvis des Senteurs zones, located in the communes of Roumare and Pissy-Pôville. Access is provided by the A150 motorway between Rouen and Yvetot, the D67 and D143B roads, the Rouen–Barentin railway line, and NOMAD bus line 526 linking Rouen, Pavilly, Yerville and Yvetot. The centre is a well-established regional retail destination rather than a national chain, and it remains active under the Mesnil-Roux name.

The Centre commercial du Mesnil-Roux opened in 1973 in Barentin, Seine-Maritime, together with one of the first Carrefour hypermarkets. This made it part of the first wave of French regional shopping centres that paired a large hypermarket anchor with a covered gallery of smaller retailers, a format that reshaped suburban retail in France during the 1970s. Over the following decades the centre grew into one of the most important regional shopping centres in Haute-Normandie. Its current configuration includes a hypermarket with 14,000 m² of sales area, a 20,000 m² shopping gallery and a 2,150-space car park. The wider Barentin commercial zone, of which Mesnil-Roux is the historic core, supports 2,500 jobs across 215 businesses. Since the 2000s the Barentin retail area has continued to expand. New commercial zones were added, first the Carbonnière zone and later the Parvis des Senteurs zones, which are located in the neighbouring communes of Roumare and Pissy-Pôville. The centre is served by the A150 motorway on the Rouen–Yvetot axis, the D67 and D143B roads, the Rouen–Barentin railway line and NOMAD bus line 526.

• 1973

  Opening of the Centre commercial du Mesnil Roux in Barentin with one of the first Carrefour hypermarkets.

• The centre becomes one of the largest regional shopping centres in Haute-Normandie, with a 14,000 m² hypermarket, a 20,000 m² gallery and a 2,150-space car park.

• Since the 2000s, the Barentin commercial zone expands with the Carbonnière zone and then the Parvis des Senteurs zones in Roumare and Pissy-Pôville.

Regional shopping centre anchored by a Carrefour hypermarket, among the largest in Haute-Normandie.

• Carrefour hypermarket (14,000 m² sales area)

• Shopping gallery (20,000 m²)

• Car park (2,150 spaces)

1. 1Centre commercial du Mesnil-Roux — Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Centre commercial du Mesnil Roux — Wikipédiafr.wikipedia.org
3. 3Centre commercial du Mesnil-Roux — official sitecentre-commercial.fr