Tillières-sur-Avre | |
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![]() The church in Tillières-sur-Avre | |
Coordinates: 48°45′29″N1°03′26″E / 48.758°N 1.0572°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Eure |
Arrondissement | Évreux |
Canton | Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton |
Intercommunality | CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure |
Government | |
• Mayor (2022–2026) | Fabien Gouttefarde [1] |
Area 1 | 16.76 km2 (6.47 sq mi) |
Population | 1,059 |
• Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 27643 /27570 |
Elevation | 128–179 m (420–587 ft) (avg. 134 m or 440 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Tillières-sur-Avre is a commune in the Eure department and Normandy region of northern France.
In 1013, Richard II of Normandy erected a castle on the benches of the Avre river as this region was being contested by the Norman dukes, the counts of Blois and the French kings. [3] The custody of the castle was given to the Raoul from the house of Tosny [4] but some time after his rebellion it was given by Robert I of Normandy to Gilbert I of the house of Crispin. Around 1041 the castle was captured from him and razed by the French king Henry I but Robert's son, William the Conqueror, rebuild the castle and invested Gilbert's son, Gilbert II, as hereditary custodian of the castle around 1058. [3]
In the same time, the 11th century, its church Saint-Hilaire was built in the Romanesque style. The church was later enlarged in the 16th century and the facade significantly altered in the 19th century. [5]
The painter Maurice Boitel was born here in 1919.
The village is twinned with that of Wendehausen in Thuringia, Germany.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,163 | — |
1975 | 1,267 | +1.23% |
1982 | 1,174 | −1.08% |
1990 | 1,185 | +0.12% |
1999 | 1,179 | −0.06% |
2009 | 1,171 | −0.07% |
2014 | 1,117 | −0.94% |
2020 | 1,059 | −0.88% |
Source: INSEE [6] |
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