| Commune of Gisors | | Location | | Longitude | 01° 46' 38" E | | Latitude | 49° 16' 52" N | | Administration | | Country | France | | Région | Haute-Normandie | | Département | Eure | | Arrondissement | Les Andelys | | Canton | Gisors (chief town) | | Intercommunality | Communauté de
communes
Gisors-Epte-Lévrière | | Mayor | Marcel Larmanou
(2001-2008) | | Statistics | | Altitude | 47 m - 142 m
(avg. 74 m) | | Land area¹ | 16.67 km² | Population²
(1999 census) | 10,882 | | -Density (1999) | 653/km² | | Miscellaneous | | INSEE/Postal code | 27284/ 27140 | | ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | | ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). |
 | Gisors is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located 62.9 km. (39.1 miles) northwest from the center of Paris (as the crow flies). Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ...
Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ...
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Eure is a département in the north of France named after the Eure River. ...
The 100 French départements are divided into 342 arrondissements. ...
The arrondissement of Les Andelys is an arrondissement of France, located in the Eure département, in the Haute-Normandie région. ...
The canton is an administrative division of France. ...
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ...
A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ...
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Gisors, together with the neighbouring communes of Trie-Château and Trie-la-Ville, form an urban area of 12,669 inhabitants (1999 census). This urban area is a satellite town of Paris.
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Geography
Gisors is located in the Vexin normand region of Normandy at the confluence of the Epte, Troesne and Réveillon rivers . The Vexin is a former region in France, divided since the 10th century between the Norman Vexin (Vexin normand) and the French Vexin (Vexin français). ...
Mont Saint Michel, one of the famous symbols of Normandy. ...
Monets Water Lily Pond, painted 1899, was created by diverting a branch of the Epte The Epte is a 100 km long river in Seine-Maritime in Normandy. ...
In France and some other French-speaking countries, a réveillon is a long dinner, and possibly party, held on the evenings preceding Christmas Day and New Years Day. ...
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Transportation Gisors is served by Gisors-Embranchement station on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line and on regional rail lines. Gare Saint-Lazare is Paris busiest railway station. ...
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External links Gisors castle, built in the 11th century, according to legend hides the treasure of the Knights Templar. A castle (from the Latin castellum) is a structure that is fortified for defence against an enemy and generally serves as a military headquarters dominating the surrounding countryside[1]. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained fortress, usually of the Middle Ages. ...
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ...
Treasure is a concentration of riches, often that which is considered lost or forgotten until being rediscovered. ...
The Seal of the Knights — the two riders have been interpreted as a sign of poverty or the duality of monk/soldier. ...
- the castle of Gisors
- Picture of castle of Gisors ( French web site )
- Gazetteer Entry
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site interest Gisors is reputed to be the site of the cutting of the elm legend. This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...
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