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Montfort-sur-Risle
Administration Country France Region Upper Normandy Department Eure Arrondissement Bernay Canton Montfort-sur-Risle Intercommunality Val de Risle Mayor Jean-Luc Barre
(2008–204)Statistics Elevation 27–102 m (89–335 ft) Land area1 3.94 km2 (1.52 sq mi) Population2 833 (2008) - Density 211 /km2 (550 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 27413/ 27290 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. Coordinates: 49°17′46″N 0°39′56″E / 49.2961111111°N 0.665555555556°E
Montfort-sur-Risle is a commune in the Eure department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
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History
In Gallic times the river Risle delimited the territories of the tribes of Veliocasses and the Lexovii.
House of Montfort-sur-Risle: A dynasty of the Anglo-Norman baronage.
Founded by Thurstin de Bastembourg, seigneur of Pont-Authou (-1027)
His son Hughes I de Montfort, seigneur of Pont-Authou and Montfort-sur-Risle died defending William the Conqueror in 1040.
Hughes II de Montfort participated in the Battle of Mortemer in 1054 and the Battle of Hastings. The Constable (Connétable) of Normandy, then of Normandy and England, and Châtelain of Dover, he received 114 manors in England and died in 1087.
Hughes III de Montfort was Constable of Normandy and England.
Population
1962= 754| 1968= 766| 1975= 867| 1982= 885| 1990= 913| 1999= 882| 2008= 833 }}
See also
References
Categories:- Communes of Eure
- Eure geography stubs
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