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)

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.

Map of 27700 Les Andelys, France

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

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

Château Gaillard, a medieval castle, is located in Les Andelys.

Sainte Clotilde Miraculous Spring

The Seine Banks

The half-timbered houses of Petit Andely

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.

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