Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Your | |
| Arrondissement | Bernay | |
| Canton | Verneuil-sur-Avre | |
| Community association | Interco Normandie Sud Eure | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 44 ' N , 0 ° 56' E | |
| height | 147-197 m | |
| surface | 56 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,170 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 146 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 27130, 27160 | |
| INSEE code | 27679 | |
Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton is a French municipality with 8170 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 Verneuil-sur-Avre (the village of Francheville is part of the canton of Breteuil ) and is a member of the Interco Normandie Sud Eure municipal association .
It was created as Commune nouvelle with effect from January 1, 2017 through the amalgamation of the former municipalities Francheville and Verneuil-sur-Avre , which have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Verneuil-sur-Avre.
structure
| District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) | Population as of January 1, 2017 |
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| Francheville | 27265 | 24.03 | 1,285 |
| Verneuil-sur-Avre (administrative headquarters) | 27679 | 31.97 | 6,885 |
geography
Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton is located about 34 kilometers south-southwest of Évreux on the Avre and Iton . Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bémécourt in the north and northwest, Breteuil in the north, Piseux in the east and northeast, Bâlines and Courteilles in the east, Rueil-la-Gadelière in the south and southeast, Boissy-lès-Perche in the south and south-west, Saint-Victor-sur-Avre in the south-west, Pullay in the west and south-west, Mandres and Bourth in the west and Chéronvilliers in the north-west.
The National Route 12 runs through the municipality .
Attractions
Francheville
- Saint Martin Church
- Malicorne Chapel
- Le Tremblay Castle
- hippodrome
Verneuil-sur-Avre
- La Madeleine church, originally from the 12th century, major renovations from 1465, monument historique since 1862
- Notre-Dame church from the 12th century
- Saint-Nicolas Monastery, built in 1628, currently a Benedictine abbey, profaned in 2001
- Remains of the Saint-Jean church from the 16th century, registered as a Monument historique in 1943, destroyed by bombing in 1944
- Castle ruins from the 13th century
- École des Roches, denominational school
La Madeleine Church
Notre-Dame church
Remains of the Saint-Jean church
Francheville Hippodrome
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Personalities
- Artus Fillon (dates not known), Bishop of Senlis (1522–1526)
- Paul-Alexis Blessebois (1646–1700), writer
- Marie Pierre Louis de Frotté (called "Blondel", 1766–1800), leader of the Norman Chouannerie , fusilized in Verneuil
- Jérôme Carcopino (1881–1970), archaeologist
- Victor Linart (1889–1977), racing cyclist
- Pascal Quignard (* 1948), writer
- Nicolas Miguet (* 1961), journalist and politician (UDF)
- Bérangère Sapowicz (* 1983), former national soccer player (goal)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ adoption DRCL / B1 / 2016/112 prefecture on the formation of commune d'nouvelle Verneuil Avre et d'Iton.
- ↑ current population according to INSEE