Gisors

Commune in Normandy, France

(2022–2026) José Cerqueira^[1]Area16.67 km² (6.44 sq mi)Population11,919 • Density710/km² (1,900/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation47–142 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 (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, together with the neighbouring communes of Trie-Château and Trie-la-Ville, form an urban area of 13,915 inhabitants (2018).^[3] 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.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,021 —     1800 3,650 +2.74% 1806 3,277 −1.78% 1821 3,339 +0.13% 1831 3,533 +0.57% 1836 3,364 −0.98% 1841 3,624 +1.50% 1846 3,616 −0.04% 1851 3,653 +0.20% 1856 3,694 +0.22% 1861 3,654 −0.22% 1866 3,573 −0.45% 1872 3,834 +1.18% 1876 4,047 +1.36% 1881 4,362 +1.51% 1886 4,359 −0.01% 1891 4,462 +0.47% 1896 4,681 +0.96%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 4,861 +0.76% 1906 4,888 +0.11% 1911 5,508 +2.42% 1921 5,494 −0.03% 1926 5,564 +0.25% 1931 5,868 +1.07% 1936 5,867 −0.00% 1946 5,078 −1.43% 1954 5,670 +1.39% 1962 6,398 +1.52% 1968 7,329 +2.29% 1975 8,069 +1.38% 1982 8,732 +1.13% 1990 9,481 +1.03% 1999 10,882 +1.54% 2007 11,677 +0.89% 2012 11,283 −0.68% 2017 11,537 +0.45%
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)[5]

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.^[6][7][8]
• Château de Boisgeloup, former home and atelier of Pablo Picasso.^[9]

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

See also

• Communes of the Eure department

References

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