Gisors

For the surname, see Gisors (surname).

Gisors (French pronunciation: [ʒizɔʁ]) is a commune in the French department of Eure, Normandy, France. It is located 62.9 km (39.1 mi) northwest from the centre of Paris.

Gisors
Commune
City as seen from the castle terrasse
Coat of arms
Location of Gisors
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Coordinates: 49°16′52″N 1°46′38″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Les Andelys
Canton	Gisors
Intercommunality	Vexin Normand
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	José Cerqueira[1]
Area 1	16.67 km2 (6.44 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	12,395
• Density	740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	27284 /27140
Elevation	47–142 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, 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%
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
• 
  Castle of Gisors
• 
  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