Les Andelys
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Commune of Les Andelys Château-Gaillard, Donjon |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 01° 24' 45" E |
| Latitude | 49° 14' 46" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Haute-Normandie |
| Department | Eure |
| Arrondissement | Les Andelys |
| Canton | Les Andelys |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes des Andelys Environs |
| Mayor | Franck Gilard (UMP) (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 7 m–161 m (avg. 23 m) |
| Land area¹ | 40.62 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
9,047 |
| - Density (1999) | 222.7/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 27016/ 27700 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Les Andelys is a commune of the Eure département, in Normandy, France, on the Seine, 20 miles northeast of Évreux. The commune is situated in the three valleys. The commune is divided into two parts, "Grand-Andely" and "Petit-Andely".
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[edit] Sights
Château-Gaillard, a medieval castle, is located in Les Andelys.
[edit] Noted residents
Les Andelys was the birthplace of:
- Adrianus Turnebus (1512–1565), classical scholar
- Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665), painter.
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