Verneuil-sur-Avre
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Verneuil-sur-Avre is a commune in the Eure department' in Haute-Normandie in northern France. Population (1999): 6,619.

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History

In August 1424 during the Hundred Years' War the battle of Verneuil was fought just to the north of the town. An English army of 9,000 men beat a joint Franco-Scottish army of 15,000 men and as a result gained control of Normandy and Aquitaine and destroyed Scottish participation in the war.

Twin towns

The town has a twinning arrangement with Stowmarket, Suffolk, England.

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References

Based on the article in the French Wikipedia.

Coordinates: 48°44′N 0°56′E / 48.733, 0.933

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