Verneuil-sur-Avre
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  Verneuil-sur-Avre | ||
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Location within Upper Normandy region  Verneuil-sur-Avre | ||
| Coordinates: 48°44′22″N 0°55′43″E / 48.7394°N 0.9286°ECoordinates: 48°44′22″N 0°55′43″E / 48.7394°N 0.9286°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Upper Normandy | |
| Department | Eure | |
| Arrondissement | Évreux | |
| Canton | Verneuil-sur-Avre | |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Verneuil-sur-Avre | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Louis Petiet | |
| Area1 | 31.97 km2 (12.34 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 6,538 | |
| • Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 27679 / 27130 | |
| Elevation | 147–193 m (482–633 ft) | |
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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. | ||
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Verneuil-sur-Avre is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France.
History
In August 1424 during the Hundred Years' War the battle of Verneuil was fought just to the north of the town. An English army of 9,000 men beat a joint Franco-Scottish army of 15,000 men and as a result gained control of Normandy and Aquitaine and destroyed Scottish participation in the war.
Demography
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 5,551 | — |
| 1968 | 6,012 | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 6,499 | +8.1% |
| 1982 | 6,698 | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 6,446 | −3.8% |
| 1999 | 6,619 | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 6,538 | −1.2% |
International relations
The town is twinned with Stowmarket, Suffolk, England.
See also
References
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