For the surname, see Gisors (surname).

Gisors (French pronunciation: [ʒizɔʁ]) is a commune in the French department of Eure, 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%
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

  • Motte and Castle
    Motte and Castle
  • Castle of Gisors
    Castle of Gisors
  • The so-called Grosse Tour ("Big Tower") of the St-Gervais-St-Protais church was built between 1542 and 1590.
    The so-called Grosse Tour ("Big Tower") of the St-Gervais-St-Protais church was built between 1542 and 1590.

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.

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