Les Andelys

Les Andelys

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Les Andelys

Coordinates: 49°14′46″N 1°24′45″E / 49.2461°N 1.4125°E / 49.2461; 1.4125Coordinates: 49°14′46″N 1°24′45″E / 49.2461°N 1.4125°E / 49.2461; 1.4125
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Eure
Arrondissement Les Andelys
Canton Les Andelys
Intercommunality Andelys Environs
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Laure Dael
Area1 40.62 km2 (15.68 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 8,253
  Density 200/km2 (530/sq mi)
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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.

Panorama from the belvedere of Château Gaillard

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
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, Donjon
Our Lady's Church

Personalities

Les Andelys was the birthplace of:

See also

References

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