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Les Andelys

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Eure

Canton
  
Les Andelys

Area
  
40.62 km²

Local time
  
Wednesday 10:39 PM

Region
  
Normandy

Arrondissement
  
Les Andelys

Intercommunality
  
Andelys Environs

Population
  
8,253 (2008)

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 84% Humidity

Les Andelys ([lezɑ̃dli]) is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France.

Contents

Map of 27700 Les Andelys, France

Geography

It lies on the Seine, about 35 km northeast of Évreux.

The commune is divided into two parts, Grand-Andely and Petit-Andely.

Sights

  • Château Gaillard, a medieval castle, is located in Les Andelys.
  • Sainte Clotilde Miraculous Spring
  • The Seine Banks
  • The half-timbered houses of Petit Andely
  • Personalities

    Les Andelys was the birthplace of:

  • Adrianus Turnebus (1512–1565), classical scholar
  • Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665), painter
  • Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753–1809), balloonist, first man to cross the English Channel by air.
  • Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825–1891), painter
  • Sir John Woodroffe lawyer and writer on Indian philosophy and Tantra lived here from 1920 until he died in 1936.
  • References

    Les Andelys Wikipedia