Gisors

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
Commune
City as seen from the castle terrasse
Coat of arms
Location of Gisors
Gisors
Gisors
Coordinates: 49°16′52″N 1°46′38″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentEure
ArrondissementLes Andelys
CantonGisors
IntercommunalityVexin Normand
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alexandre Rassaërt
Area
1
16.67 km2 (6.44 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
11,696
 • Density700/km2 (1,800/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, 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.

Geography

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

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 3,021—    
1800 3,650+20.8%
1806 3,277−10.2%
1821 3,339+1.9%
1831 3,533+5.8%
1836 3,364−4.8%
1841 3,624+7.7%
1846 3,616−0.2%
1851 3,653+1.0%
1856 3,694+1.1%
1861 3,654−1.1%
1866 3,573−2.2%
1872 3,834+7.3%
1876 4,047+5.6%
1881 4,362+7.8%
1886 4,359−0.1%
1891 4,462+2.4%
YearPop.±%
1896 4,681+4.9%
1901 4,861+3.8%
1906 4,888+0.6%
1911 5,508+12.7%
1921 5,494−0.3%
1926 5,564+1.3%
1931 5,868+5.5%
1936 5,867−0.0%
1946 5,078−13.4%
1954 5,670+11.7%
1962 6,398+12.8%
1968 7,329+14.6%
1975 8,069+10.1%
1982 8,732+8.2%
1990 9,481+8.6%
1999 10,884+14.8%
2008 11,681+7.3%

Transport

The Gisors station is the terminus of a Transilien suburban rail service from the Paris Saint-Lazare station.

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

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. 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).
  4. 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.


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