Les Andelys

French commune
nomcommune=Les Andelys
Château-Gaillard, Donjon
région=Haute-Normandie
département=Eure
arrondissement=Les Andelys
canton=Les Andelys
insee=27016
cp=27700
maire=Franck Gilard
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Andelys Environs
longitude=1.4125
latitude=49.2461111111
alt moy=23
alt mini=7
alt maxi=161
hectares=4062
km²=40.62
sans=9047
date-sans=1999
dens=222.7
date-dens=1999

Les Andelys is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France. It lies on the Seine, 20 miles northeast of Évreux.

The commune is divided into two parts, Grand-Andely and Petit-Andely.

ights

Château-Gaillard, a medieval castle, is located in Les Andelys.

Noted residents

Les Andelys was the birthplace of:
* Adrianus Turnebus (1512–1565), classical scholar
* Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665), painter

* Sir John Woodroffe lawyer and writer on Indian philosophy and Tantra lived here from 1920 until he died in 1936.

External links

* [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] , section of Giverny News (in French)

Maps and aerial photos

* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=49.346&longitude=1.4075&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=49.346,1.4975 Google]
* [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=49.346&lat=1.4075&w=750&h=500 Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver]