Montfort-sur-Risle

Montfort-sur-Risle
Montfort-sur-Risle
Location within Upper Normandy region  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 / 49.2961111111; 0.665555555556

Montfort-sur-Risle is a commune in the Eure department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

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

• Communes of the Eure department

References

• INSEE