Les Andelys
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Location of Les Andelys  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Eure |
| Arrondissement | Les Andelys |
| Canton | Les Andelys |
| Intercommunality | Andelys Environs |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Laure Dael |
| Area 1 | 40.62 km2 (15.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | 8,253 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 27016 /27700 |
| Elevation | 7–161 m (23–528 ft) (avg. 23 m or 75 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Les Andelys (French pronunciation: [lezɑ̃dli]) is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France.
Geography
It lies on the Seine, about 35 km northeast of Évreux.
The commune is divided into two parts, Grand-Andely and Petit-Andely.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1793 | 5,140 | — |
| 1800 | 5,160 | +0.4% |
| 1806 | 5,048 | −2.2% |
| 1821 | 5,016 | −0.6% |
| 1831 | 5,168 | +3.0% |
| 1836 | 5,085 | −1.6% |
| 1841 | 5,345 | +5.1% |
| 1846 | 5,000 | −6.5% |
| 1851 | 5,161 | +3.2% |
| 1856 | 5,026 | −2.6% |
| 1861 | 5,137 | +2.2% |
| 1866 | 5,161 | +0.5% |
| 1872 | 5,379 | +4.2% |
| 1876 | 5,574 | +3.6% |
| 1881 | 5,474 | −1.8% |
| 1886 | 5,423 | −0.9% |
| 1891 | 6,040 | +11.4% |
| 1896 | 5,923 | −1.9% |
| 1901 | 5,715 | −3.5% |
| 1906 | 5,514 | −3.5% |
| 1911 | 5,530 | +0.3% |
| 1921 | 5,237 | −5.3% |
| 1926 | 5,396 | +3.0% |
| 1931 | 5,366 | −0.6% |
| 1936 | 5,529 | +3.0% |
| 1946 | 5,238 | −5.3% |
| 1954 | 5,648 | +7.8% |
| 1962 | 6,090 | +7.8% |
| 1968 | 7,053 | +15.8% |
| 1975 | 8,196 | +16.2% |
| 1982 | 8,124 | −0.9% |
| 1990 | 8,455 | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 9,044 | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 8,253 | −8.7% |
Sights
- Château Gaillard, a medieval castle, is located in Les Andelys.
- Sainte Clotilde Miraculous Spring
- The Seine Banks
- The half-timbered houses of Petit Andely
Personalities
Les Andelys was the birthplace of:
- Adrianus Turnebus (1512–1565), classical scholar
- Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665), painter
- Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753–1809), balloonist, first man to cross the English Channel by air.
- Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825–1891), painter
- Sir John Woodroffe lawyer and writer on Indian philosophy and Tantra lived here from 1920 until he died in 1936.
See also
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Les Andelys.
Les Andelys travel guide from Wikivoyage- Promenade of the Andelys country (in French)
- Les Andelys City Guide
- Les Andelys News (in French)
- Les Andelys holds the second largest (in France) town flea market, the 'La Grande Foire à Tout des Andelys' every September. A mix of brocante, local produce and associations; review here.
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