Rugles

Rugles
region	Normandy
Department	Your
Arrondissement	Bernay
Canton	Breteuil
Community association	Interco Normandie Sud Eure
Coordinates	48 ° 49 '  N , 0 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 49 '  N , 0 ° 43'  E
height	171-236 m
surface	14.1 km 2
Residents	2,246 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	159 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	27250
INSEE code	27502
Website	www.rugles.fr

Rugles is a French commune with 2,246 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Eure in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Bernay and the Canton of Breteuil . The inhabitants are called Ruglois .

geography

Rugles is located in the Pays d'Ouche on the Risle River , about 40 kilometers southwest of Évreux . Rugles is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Antonin-de-Sommaire in the north and west, Ambenay in the north and north-east, Bois-Arnault in the east, Chéronvilliers in the south-east and Saint-Martin-d'Écublei in the south and south-west. The former Route nationale 830 runs through the municipality .

Number of inhabitants
(source:)

year	1793	1800	1851	1901	1936	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	1,150	1,546	1,853	1,814	1,846	2,609	2,688	2,644	2,539	2,416	2,549	2,427	2,350

Attractions

• Saint-Germain church from the 14th and 16th centuries, a historic monument since 1846
• old Notre-Dame-Outre-L'Eau church, monument historique since 1921
• Saint-Denis-d'Herponcey chapel, a historic monument since 1990
• The little castle
• Rugles dolmen

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  Saint Germain Church

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  Saint-Denis-d'Herponcey chapel

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  Rugles dolmen

Personalities

• Louis de Coutes (also Minguet or Louis de Contes ; 1414 – around 1483), Page of Johanna von Orléans, lord of Rugles and Nouvion
• Robert Duval (1490-1567), alchemist
• Henry Bérenger (1867–1952), politician

Web links

Commons : Rugles  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rugles - notice communal. In: Cassini.ehess.fr and INSEE. Retrieved April 18, 2015 (French).