Gisors
Commune
City as seen from the castle terrasse
City as seen from the castle terrasse
Coat of arms of Gisors
Coat of arms
Location of Gisors
Map
Gisors is located in France
Gisors
Gisors
Gisors is located in Normandy
Gisors
Gisors
Coordinates: 49°16′52″N 1°46′38″E / 49.2811°N 1.7772°E / 49.2811; 1.7772
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentEure
ArrondissementLes Andelys
CantonGisors
IntercommunalityVexin Normand
Government
 • Mayor (2022–2026) José Cerqueira[1]
Area
1
16.67 km2 (6.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
11,919
 • Density710/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
27284 /27140
Elevation47–142 m (154–466 ft)
(avg. 74 m or 243 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gisors (French pronunciation: [ʒizɔʁ]) is a commune of Normandy, France. It is located 62.9 km (39.1 mi) northwest from the centre of Paris.

Gisors, together with the neighbouring communes of Trie-Château and Trie-la-Ville, form an urban area of 13,915 inhabitants (2018).[3] This urban area is a satellite town of Paris.

Geography

Gisors is located in the Vexin normand region of Normandy, at the confluence of the rivers Epte, Troesne and Réveillon.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 3,021—    
1800 3,650+2.74%
1806 3,277−1.78%
1821 3,339+0.13%
1831 3,533+0.57%
1836 3,364−0.98%
1841 3,624+1.50%
1846 3,616−0.04%
1851 3,653+0.20%
1856 3,694+0.22%
1861 3,654−0.22%
1866 3,573−0.45%
1872 3,834+1.18%
1876 4,047+1.36%
1881 4,362+1.51%
1886 4,359−0.01%
1891 4,462+0.47%
1896 4,681+0.96%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 4,861+0.76%
1906 4,888+0.11%
1911 5,508+2.42%
1921 5,494−0.03%
1926 5,564+0.25%
1931 5,868+1.07%
1936 5,867−0.00%
1946 5,078−1.43%
1954 5,670+1.39%
1962 6,398+1.52%
1968 7,329+2.29%
1975 8,069+1.38%
1982 8,732+1.13%
1990 9,481+1.03%
1999 10,882+1.54%
2007 11,677+0.89%
2012 11,283−0.68%
2017 11,537+0.45%
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Transport

The Gisors station is the terminus of a Transilien suburban rail service from the Paris Saint-Lazare station, and of a TER Normandie local service to Serqueux.

Sights

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Comparateur de territoire, INSEE
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Gisors, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ Bradford Smith, The Foundations of the West - Course Material, Chapter 8 The Age of the Crusades - The Rise of France under Philip Augustus and of St. Louis Archived 2008-06-12 at the Wayback Machine Oglethorpe University, Summer 2000.
  7. ^ Nicholas Vincent, "William Marshal, King Henry II and the Honour of Chateauroux Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine", in: Archives: The Journal of the British Record Association vol. 25, no. 102 (2000).
  8. ^ A Thirteenth-Century Minstrel's Chronicle, a translation by Robert Levine of the Récits d'un ménestrel de Reims, a thirteenth-century historical fiction Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine, Mellen Press, Lewiston, 1990.
  9. ^ Richardson, John (2012). Un Soir À Boisgeloup: L'Atelier De Pablo Picasso. Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte. ISBN 9782805201936.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gisors.
Communes in the Paris metropolitan area
Communes of the Eure department
Authority control databases
Category