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Location within Upper Normandy region
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Upper Normandy |
| Department | Eure |
| Arrondissement | Évreux |
| Intercommunality | Portes de l'Eure |
| Mayor | Philippe Nguyen Thanh (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 10–148 m (33–486 ft) |
| Land area1 | 34.92 km2 (13.48 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 24,998 (2008) |
| - Density | 716 /km2 (1,850 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 27681/ 27200 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Vernon is a commune in the department of Eure in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
It lies on the banks of the Seine River, about midway between Paris and Rouen. The city is well-known for its production of engines by the SNECMA group.
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1027 - 1030 : Mention in a Latin written document as Vernum, the /m/ at the end could be the last remains of the Celtic magus 'plain' or 'market', or it is a simple latinization, and the origin is just the Celtic word *uerno, alder tree (Breton gwern, Irish fern).
The village gave its name to a family who took part to the Norman Conquest of England and then became a British first name.
| Historical populations | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 4,029 | — |
| 1800 | 5,202 | +29.1% |
| 1806 | 4,793 | −7.9% |
| 1821 | 4,812 | +0.4% |
| 1831 | 4,888 | +1.6% |
| 1836 | 5,301 | +8.4% |
| 1841 | 6,128 | +15.6% |
| 1846 | 5,204 | −15.1% |
| 1851 | 6,463 | +24.2% |
| 1856 | 7,674 | +18.7% |
| 1861 | 7,410 | −3.4% |
| 1866 | 7,787 | +5.1% |
| 1872 | 7,961 | +2.2% |
| 1876 | 7,636 | −4.1% |
| 1881 | 7,881 | +3.2% |
| 1886 | 8,164 | +3.6% |
| 1891 | 8,288 | +1.5% |
| 1896 | 8,492 | +2.5% |
| 1901 | 8,757 | +3.1% |
| 1906 | 8,667 | −1.0% |
| 1911 | 8,733 | +0.8% |
| 1921 | 8,814 | +0.9% |
| 1926 | 9,725 | +10.3% |
| 1931 | 10,621 | +9.2% |
| 1936 | 11,330 | +6.7% |
| 1946 | 11,242 | −0.8% |
| 1954 | 14,460 | +28.6% |
| 1962 | 17,247 | +19.3% |
| 1968 | 18,872 | +9.4% |
| 1975 | 22,422 | +18.8% |
| 1982 | 22,243 | −0.8% |
| 1990 | 23,659 | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 24,063 | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 24,998 | +3.9% |