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Tillières-sur-Avre

Coordinates: 48°45′29″N 1°03′26″E / 48.758°N 1.0572°E / 48.758; 1.0572
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Tillières-sur-Avre
The church in Tillières-sur-Avre
The church in Tillières-sur-Avre
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Tillières-sur-Avre is located in France
Tillières-sur-Avre
Tillières-sur-Avre
Tillières-sur-Avre is located in Normandy
Tillières-sur-Avre
Tillières-sur-Avre
Coordinates: 48°45′29″N 1°03′26″E / 48.758°N 1.0572°E / 48.758; 1.0572
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentEure
ArrondissementÉvreux
CantonVerneuil d'Avre et d'Iton
IntercommunalityCC Interco Normandie Sud Eure
Government
 • Mayor (2022–2026) Fabien Gouttefarde[1]
Area
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16.76 km2 (6.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,048
 • Density63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
27643 /27570
Elevation128–179 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]

Around the same time, in 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.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
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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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b Bates, David (1 November 2016). William the Conqueror. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300183832.
  4. ^ Hagger, Mark S. (2017). Norman Rule in Normandy, 911-1144. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 9781783272143.
  5. ^ "Église Saint-Hilaire". Observatoire du Patrimoine Religieux.
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE