Gisors Explained

Gisors
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Gisors (Eure).svg
Arrondissement:	Les Andelys
Canton:	Gisors
Insee:	27284
Postal Code:	27140
Mayor:	José Cerqueira^[1]
Term:	2022 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Vexin Normand
Coordinates:	49.2811°N 1.7772°W
Elevation M:	74
Elevation Min M:	47
Elevation Max M:	142
Area Km2:	16.67

Gisors (in French pronounced as /ʒizɔʁ/) is a commune in the French department of Eure, Normandy, France. It is located 62.9km (39.1miles) northwest from the centre of Paris.

Gisors, together with the neighbouring communes of Trie-Château and Trie-la-Ville, form an urban area of 13,915 inhabitants (2018).^[2] 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 rivers Epte, Troesne and Réveillon.

Transport

The Gisors station is the terminus of a Transilien suburban rail service from the Paris Saint-Lazare station, and of a TER Normandie local service to Serqueux.

Sights

• Château de Gisors, built in the 11th century.
• The Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais parish church is an outstanding monument fusing Gothic and Renaissance architecture.
• A field near Gisors was the site of the Cutting of the elm, a medieval diplomatic incident.^{[3] [4] [5]}
• Château de Boisgeloup, former home and atelier of Pablo Picasso.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Eure department

External links

• Official site
• Gazetteer Entry
• Gisors . x.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023. fr.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=UU2020-00357 Comparateur de territoire
3. 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 Oglethorpe University, Summer 2000.
4. Nicholas Vincent, "William Marshal, King Henry II and the Honour of Chateauroux ", in: Archives: The Journal of the British Record Association vol. 25, no. 102 (2000).
5. A Thirteenth-Century Minstrel's Chronicle, a translation by Robert Levine of the Récits d'un ménestrel de Reims, a thirteenth-century historical fiction , Mellen Press, Lewiston, 1990.
6. Book: Richardson , John . John Richardson (art historian) . Un Soir À Boisgeloup: L'Atelier De Pablo Picasso . Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte . 2012 . 9782805201936 .