Vernon, Eure
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Coordinates: 49°05′33″N 1°29′09″E / 49.0925, 1.48583333333

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Commune of Vernon
Location
Vernon, Eure (France)
Vernon, Eure
Administration
Country France
Region Haute-Normandie
Department Eure
Arrondissement Évreux
Intercommunality Portes de l'Eure
Mayor Philippe Nguyen Thanh
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 10–148
Land area¹ 34.92 km²
Population²
(1999)		 24,056
 - Density 689/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 27681/ 27200
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Vernon is a commune in the department of Eure in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

It lies on the banks of the Seine River, about midway between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The city is well-known for its production of aircraft and rocket engines by the SNECMA group. In the 1999 census, Vernon had a population of 24,056. The commune has a land area of 34.92 km² (13.483 sq mi).


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History

Vernon was apparently so important to the King of France, Philippe Auguste that he attached it to the kingdom of France even before he did the rest of Normandy (1196 for Vernon, and 1204 for the rest of Normandy).[1] Among those who conferred their ancestral rights to fishing and hunting rights in the forest of Vernon to the King was Norman nobleman Laurent de Livet, who transferred his rights to King Philippe Auguste in .[2][3]

The village gave its name to an early English family who were part of the Norman Conquest.

Important Dates

  • 750 - First mention of name Vernon by Pepin the Short.
  • 1070 - Birth of Saint Adjutor.
  • 1153 - Vernon is besieged by king Louis VII.
  • 1196 - Vernon is joined to the royal domain by Philippe Auguste.
  • 1204 - Construction of the castle of Vernon.
  • 1227 - Saint-Louis comes to Vernon.
  • 1415 - Vernon becomes English.
  • 1449 - Vernon passes to France (king Charles VII).
  • 1596 - 8 October, Henry IV came to the castle from Bizy.
  • 1600 - Construction of the Vieux-Moulin (old mill).
  • 1606 - Henry IV creates a school.
  • 1723 - Creation of the l'Avenue des Capucins.
  • 1804 - Vernonnet is attached to Vernon.
  • 1810 - Napoleon I came to Vernon.
  • 1843 - Arrival of the railroad Paris-Rouen-Le Havre.
  • 1858 - Building of the Saint-Louis Hospital.
  • 1860 - Highwork urbanism in the center by Suchet d'Albuféra.
  • 1862 - Building of the library.
  • 1895 - Inauguration of the new cityhall by Adolphe Barette.
  • 1897 - First cinema show at the Theatre from Vernon.
  • 1910 - The Seine river floods the city.
  • 1955 - Inauguration of the Clemenceau Bridge.
  • 1966 - Building of the Georges Dumézil highschool .
  • 1983 - First edition of the Foire aux Cerises (cherry fair).
  • 1988 - 18 October, visit from François Mitterrand.
  • 1992 - Building of the Espace Culturel Philippe Auguste.
  • 1996 - 30 June, visit from Hillary Clinton.
  • 2004 - 16 January, visit from Jean-Louis Borloo.
  • 2004 - 29 January, visit from Alain Lambert.
  • 2006 - 26 January, visit from Nicolas Sarkozy

Le vieux moulin Collégiale Notre-Dame Angle de la Rue du Pont et Rue Carnot Hôtel de ville Maison du Temps Jadis Vue du Musée Place Barette Espace Philippe-Auguste Pont Clémenceau Monuments aux morts Tour des archives Place Charles de Gaulle Tombeau de saint Mauxe

External links

References

  1. ^ Vernon City history, giverny. org
  2. ^ La France sous Philippe le Bel, Edgard Boutaric, Paris, 1861
  3. ^ Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, Franc̜ois Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye, 1775
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