Neaufles-Saint-Martin

Neaufles-Saint-Martin
region	Normandy
Department	Your
Arrondissement	Les Andelys
Canton	Gisors
Community association	Vexin Normand
Coordinates	49 ° 17 ' N , 1 ° 43' E Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ' N , 1 ° 43' E
height	41-101 m
surface	9.07 km 2
Residents	1,294 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	143 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	27830
INSEE code	27426
	; The pierced hall cross

Neaufles-Saint-Martin is a French municipality with 1294 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Eure in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the arrondissement of Les Andelys and the canton of Gisors .

History and sights

In the municipality is the medieval Tour de la Reine Blanche , whose name goes back to the French Queen Blanka of Navarre , who after her short marriage to King Philip VI. moved here and died here in 1398. However, the donjon was built in the 12th century. The ramparts that used to surround it are easy to see on aerial photographs .

According to legend, Neaufles is connected to the Knights Templar Castle of Gisors by an underground passage .

A “pierced” cross , which is privately owned, was erected in the second half of the 12th century. It was entered in the supplementary directory of the Monuments historiques ('historical monuments') in 1926 .

Population development

1962: 564
1968: 604
1975: 799
1982: 803
1990: 931
1999: 1035
2009: 1179
2017: 1294

economy

Protected Geographical Indications (IGP) apply to pork (Porc de Normandie) , poultry (Volailles de Normandie) and cider (Cidre de Normandie and Cidre normand) in the municipality .

Web links

Commons : Neaufles-Saint-Martin - Collection of images, videos and audio files

The keep of Neaufles-Saint-Martin

Individual evidence

^ Jean-Noël Le Borgne, Véronique Le Borgne, Pascale Eudier, Annie Etienne: Archeologie Aérienne dans l'Eure . Ed .: Association Archéo 27. Page de Garde, Caudebec-les-Elbeuf 2002, ISBN 2-84340-230-1 , p. 71 .
↑ Entry No. 27426 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
↑ Le village de Neaufles-Saint-Martin. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved July 21, 2012 (French).

[1] Jean-Noël Le Borgne, Véronique Le Borgne, Pascale Eudier, Annie Etienne: Archeologie Aérienne dans l'Eure . Ed .: Association Archéo 27. Page de Garde, Caudebec-les-Elbeuf 2002, ISBN 2-84340-230-1 , p. 71 .

[2] Entry No. 27426 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

[annu-3] Le village de Neaufles-Saint-Martin. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved July 21, 2012 (French).