Editing Les Andelys

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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Les Andelys
|commune status     = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]]
|image              = LesAndelys.jpg
|caption            = The church and surroundings in Les Andelys
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Les Andelys (Eure).svg
|arrondissement     = Les Andelys
|canton             = Les Andelys
|INSEE              = 27016
|postal code        = 27700
|mayor              = Frédéric Duché<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality   = [[Seine Normandie Agglomération]]
|coordinates        = {{coord|49.2461|1.4125|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m        = 23
|elevation min m    = 7
|elevation max m    = 161
|area km2           = 40.62
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Les Andelys''' ({{IPA|fr|lez‿ɑ̃dli}}; [[Norman language|Norman]]: ''Les Aundelys'') is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the northern French [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Eure]], in [[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/27016-les-andelys|title=Commune des Andelys (27016)|publisher=INSEE|access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref>

==Geography==
It lies on the [[Seine]],<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Les Andelys |volume=16 |page=487}}</ref> about {{cvt|35|km}} northeast of [[Évreux]].

The commune is divided into two parts, Grand-Andely (located about {{convert|.8|km|mi|sigfig=1}} from the Seine) and Petit-Andely (situated on the right bank of the Seine).<ref name=EB1911/>
[[File:Normandie Eure Andelys2 tango7174.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4| left|Panorama from the belvedere of [[Château Gaillard]]]]

==History==
Grand Andely, founded, according to tradition, in the 6th century, has a church (13th, 14th and 15th centuries) parts of which are of fine late Gothic and Renaissance architecture. The works of art in the interior include stained glass of the latter period.<ref name=EB1911/> Other interesting buildings are the hôtel du Grand Cerf dating from the first half of the 16th century, and the chapel of Sainte-Clotilde, close by a spring which, owing to its supposed healing powers, is the object of a pilgrimage.<ref name=EB1911/> Grand Andely has a statue of [[Nicolas Poussin]], a native of the place. Petit Andely sprang up at the foot of the eminence on which stands the [[Château Gaillard]], now in ruins, but formerly one of the strongest fortresses in France.<ref name=EB1911/> It was built by [[Richard I of England]] at the end of the 12th century to protect the Norman frontier, was captured by the French in 1204 and passed finally into their possession in 1449.<ref name=EB1911/> The church of St Sauveur at Petit Andely also dates from the end of the 12th century.<ref name=EB1911/>

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|749|Les Andelys}}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-27016#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |5140
|1800 |5160
|1806 |5048
|1821 |5016
|1831 |5168
|1836 |5085
|1841 |5345
|1846 |5000
|1851 |5161
|1856 |5026
|1861 |5137
|1866 |5161
|1872 |5379
|1876 |5574
|1881 |5474
|1886 |5423
|1891 |6040
|1896 |5923
|1901 |5715
|1906 |5514
|1911 |5530
|1921 |5237
|1926 |5396
|1931 |5366
|1936 |5529
|1946 |5238
|1954 |5648
|1962 |6090
|1968 |7053
|1975 |8196
|1982 |8124
|1990 |8455
|1999 |9047
|2007 |8208
|2012 |8179
|2017 |8056
}}

==Sights==
* [[Château Gaillard]], a [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[castle]], is located in Les Andelys.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00099304|Château-Gaillard}}</ref>
* 13th-17th century Church of Our Lady, Grand-Andely<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00099305|Eglise du Grand-Andely ou église Notre-Dame-du-Grand-Andely}}</ref>
* 13th century Church of Saint-Sauveur, Petit-Andely<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00099306|Eglise du Petit-Andely ou église Saint-Sauveur}}</ref>
* [[Clotilde|Sainte Clotilde]] Miraculous Spring
* The [[Seine]] Banks
* The half-timbered houses of Petit Andely
[[Image:Donjonvuegénérale.jpg|thumb|Château Gaillard, Donjon]]
[[Image:Andelys droit-flamboyant.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Our Lady's Church]]

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== Notable people ==
Les Andelys was the birthplace of:
* [[Adrianus Turnebus]] (1512&ndash;1565), classical scholar.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Turnebus, Adrianus |volume= 27 |page=474 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Nicolas Poussin]] (1594&ndash;1665), [[Painting|painter]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Poussin, Nicolas |volume= 22 |page=222 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Jean-Pierre Blanchard]] (1753&ndash;1809), balloonist, first man to cross the English Channel by air
* [[Charles Joshua Chaplin]] (1825&ndash;1891), painter
* [[Henri Torrès|Henry Torrès]] (1891–1966), trial lawyer, politician, and writer
* Sir [[John Woodroffe]] (1865–1936), lawyer and writer on Indian philosophy and Tantra, lived there from 1920 until his death.

==See also==
*[[Communes of the Eure department]]
*[[Treaty of Louviers]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Les Andelys}}
*{{wikivoyage inline|Les Andelys}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20011123183439/http://perso.wanadoo.fr/bernard.tartois/andelys.htm Promenade of the Andelys country] (in French)
*[http://les-andelys.com/ Les Andelys City Guide]
*[http://givernews.com/?Les-andelys Les Andelys News] (in French)
* Les Andelys holds France's second largest town flea market, the 'La Grande Foire à Tout des Andelys' every September. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093007/http://www.normandythenandnow.com/bats-for-a-belfry-and-brocante-in-les-andelys/ A mix of brocante, local produce and associations; review here].

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