Tillières-sur-Avre is a commune in the Eure department and Normandy region of northern France.
In 1013, Richard II of Normandy erected a castle on the benches of the Avre river as this region was being contested by the Norman dukes, the counts of Blois and the French kings.[3] The custody of the castle was given to the Raoul from the house of Tosny[4] but some time after his rebellion it was given by Robert I of Normandy to Gilbert I of the house of Crispin. Around 1041 the castle was captured from him and razed by the French king Henry I but Robert's son, William the Conqueror, rebuild the castle and invested Gilbert's son, Gilbert II, as hereditary custodian of the castle around 1058.[3]
Around the same time, in the 11th century, its church Saint-Hilaire was built in the Romanesque style. The church was later enlarged in the 16th century and the facade significantly altered in the 19th century.[5]
The painter Maurice Boitel was born here in 1919.
The village is twinned with that of Wendehausen in Thuringia, Germany.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,163 | — |
| 1975 | 1,267 | +1.23% |
| 1982 | 1,174 | −1.08% |
| 1990 | 1,185 | +0.12% |
| 1999 | 1,179 | −0.06% |
| 2009 | 1,171 | −0.07% |
| 2014 | 1,117 | −0.94% |
| 2020 | 1,059 | −0.88% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b Bates, David (1 November 2016). William the Conqueror. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300183832.
- ^ Hagger, Mark S. (2017). Norman Rule in Normandy, 911-1144. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 9781783272143.
- ^ "Église Saint-Hilaire". Observatoire du Patrimoine Religieux.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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