Gisors
Gisors
Commune in Normandy, France
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.
For the surname, see Gisors (surname).
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Coordinates: 49°16′52″N 1°46′38″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Eure |
Arrondissement | Les Andelys |
Canton | Gisors |
Intercommunality | Vexin Normand |
Government | |
• Mayor (2022–2026) | José Cerqueira[1] |
Area 1 | 16.67 km2 (6.44 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 11,919 |
• Density | 710/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 27284 /27140 |
Elevation | 47–142 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. |
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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.
Gisors is located in the Vexin normand region of Normandy, at the confluence of the rivers Epte, Troesne and Réveillon.
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)[5] |
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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.
- Château de Gisors, built in the 11th century.
- The Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais parish church is an outstanding monument fusing Gothic and Renaissance architecture.
- A field near Gisors was the site of the Cutting of the elm, a medieval diplomatic incident.[6][7][8]
- Château de Boisgeloup, former home and atelier of Pablo Picasso.[9]
- Motte and Castle
- Castle of Gisors
- The so-called Grosse Tour ("Big Tower") of the St-Gervais-St-Protais church was built between 1542 and 1590.
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- Comparateur de territoire, INSEE
- Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Gisors, EHESS (in French).
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- Richardson, John (2012). Un Soir À Boisgeloup: L'Atelier De Pablo Picasso. Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte. ISBN 9782805201936.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gisors.
- Official site
- Gazetteer Entry
- "Gisors" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.