Bolbec is a town of northern France, in the department of Seine-Inferieure, on the Bolbec River, 19 m. E.N.E. of Havre by rail. Pop. (1906) 10,959.

Bolbec is important for its cotton spinning and weaving, and carries on the dyeing and printing of the fabric, and the manufacture of sugar. There are a chamber of commerce and a board of trade-arbitration. The town was enthusiastic in the cause of the Reformed Religion in the 16th century, and still contains many Protestants. It was burned almost to the ground in 1765.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.