Merey (French pronunciation: [məʁɛ]) is a commune in the Eure department of the Normandy region in northern France.

History

As Madrie (Pagus Madriensis, later pays de Merey) it was a pagus in the north of Gaul lying between the Seine river and the rivers Eure and Iton. At the beginning of the fifth century, when the Notitia provinciarum was compiled, it was a Roman administrative division or pagus of Provincia Lugdunensis Secunda.

In the ninth-century Carolingian Empire. In 822, Pepin, king of Aquitaine married Ingeltrude (also called Engelberga, Hringard, or Ringart), daughter of Theodobert, count of Madrie (c. 800-after 876), who was a son of Nibelung (Nivelan) of the royal house of the Burgundians.

It became part of Normandy in the 10th century[3] and is now in the region called Normandy.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
196298—    
1968127+29.6%
1975138+8.7%
1982192+39.1%
1990185−3.6%
1999260+40.5%
2008303+16.5%

Personalities

In 1694 Francois Quesnay was born at Merey.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Normandy" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 749–751.