Gisors

Commune in Normandy, France
Coat of arms of Gisors
Coat of arms
Location of Gisors
Map
(2022–2026) José Cerqueira[1]Area
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16.67 km2 (6.44 sq mi)Population
 (2021)[2]
11,919 • Density710/km2 (1,900/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code
27284 /27140
Elevation47–142 m (154–466 ft)
(avg. 74 m or 243 ft)1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gisors (French pronunciation: [ʒizɔʁ]) is a commune in the French department of Eure, Normandy, France. It is located 62.9 km (39.1 mi) northwest from the centre of Paris.

Gisors, together with the neighbouring communes of Trie-Château and Trie-la-Ville, form an urban area of 13,915 inhabitants (2018).[3] This urban area is a satellite town of Paris.

Geography

Gisors is located in the Vexin normand region of Normandy, at the confluence of the rivers Epte, Troesne and Réveillon.

Population

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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)[5]

Transport

The Gisors station is the terminus of a Transilien suburban rail service from the Paris Saint-Lazare station, and of a TER Normandie local service to Serqueux.

Sights

  • Motte and Castle
    Motte and Castle
  • Castle of Gisors
    Castle of Gisors
  • The so-called Grosse Tour ("Big Tower") of the St-Gervais-St-Protais church was built between 1542 and 1590.
    The so-called Grosse Tour ("Big Tower") of the St-Gervais-St-Protais church was built between 1542 and 1590.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Comparateur de territoire, INSEE
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Gisors, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ Bradford Smith, The Foundations of the West - Course Material, Chapter 8 The Age of the Crusades - The Rise of France under Philip Augustus and of St. Louis Archived 2008-06-12 at the Wayback Machine Oglethorpe University, Summer 2000.
  7. ^ Nicholas Vincent, "William Marshal, King Henry II and the Honour of Chateauroux Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine", in: Archives: The Journal of the British Record Association vol. 25, no. 102 (2000).
  8. ^ A Thirteenth-Century Minstrel's Chronicle, a translation by Robert Levine of the Récits d'un ménestrel de Reims, a thirteenth-century historical fiction Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine, Mellen Press, Lewiston, 1990.
  9. ^ Richardson, John (2012). Un Soir À Boisgeloup: L'Atelier De Pablo Picasso. Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte. ISBN 9782805201936.
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