Lyons-la-Forêt

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Coordinates: 49°24′01″N 1°28′37″E / 49.4002777778, 1.47694444444

Commune of Lyons-la-Forêt

18th century covered market in Lyons-la-Forêt
Location
Lyons-la-Forêt (France)
Lyons-la-Forêt
Administration
Country France
Region Haute-Normandie
Department Eure
Arrondissement Les Andelys
Canton Lyons-la-Forêt
Statistics
Elevation 67 m–178 m
(avg. 163 m)
Land area¹ 26.99 km²
Population²
(1999)		 795
 - Density 29/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 27377/ 27480
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

Lyons-la-Forêt is a commune of the Eure département, in Normandy, northern France.

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[edit] Geography

Lyons-la-Forêt is located 46 km from Rouen and 28 km from Gisors.

[edit] Sights

  • Roman theatre (private property)
  • Castle of Henry I of England (private property)
  • Covered market place (18th century)
  • Church (12th and 18th centuries)
  • Town hall (17th century)
  • Houses built in typical Norman style (17th and 18th centuries)
  • The forest, the largest in Normandy and one of the largest beech woods in Europe

[edit] Miscellaneous

Maurice Ravel wrote music in Le Fresne, one of the old mansions of Lyons-la-Forêt.

Lyons-la-Forêt was the birthplace of Enguerrand de Marigny (1260–1315), chamberlain and minister of Philip IV the Fair.

Saint-Denis-le-Ferment, where Henry I of England died, is located in Lyons-la-Forêt.

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