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A131 Motorway (France)
The A131 Autoroute starts at in the outskirts of Le Havre and ends near Bourneville-Sainte-Croix close to exit 26 on the A13. It is operated by the Société des Autoroutes de Paris Normandie (SAPN). Its total length is . Apart from the Pont de Tancarville where a toll is applicable, the motorway is toll-free. Junctions on the A131 are not numbered. The road section on the Pont de Tancarville is renumbered RN182 to allow non-motorway traffic to cross the Seine. History This autoroute is the result of the merger of the former RN 182, transformed into a motorway between Bourneville-Sainte-Croix and the Pont de Tancarville, and the motorway linking the Pont de Tancarville to Le Havre, originally numbered A15. List of junctions {, class="plainrowheaders wikitable" , - !scope=col, Department !scope=col, Location !scope=col, km !scope=col, mi !scope=col, Junction !scope=col, Destinations !scope=col, Notes , - , rowspan="6", Seine-Maritime , rowspan="2", Gonfreville-l'Orcher , 0.9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonfreville-l'Orcher
Gonfreville-l'Orcher () is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-Maritime Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in northern France. Geography An light industry, industrial town based around an ancient village situated in the Pays de Caux, some east of Le Havre, in between the D982 and D9015 roads. The A131 autoroute cuts through the middle of the commune alongside the banks of the Tancarville canal. The economy depends mainly on the industrial area of the Port of the Lower-Seine (chemical works and refineries) and the commercial area known as Camp-Dolent. History The etymology of the first part of the name is ''Gunfridr's farm'', a Scandinavian farmer who probably settled in the 10th century. The Orcher suffix comes from the name of the first Lord, seigneurs of the village, now corrupted to Orcher, but originally ''Aurichier'' (''alor'' = alder and ''kjarr / ker'' = marsh. Cf. Ellerker, Yorkshire), tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of Amiens was 135,429. A central landmark of the city is Amiens Cathedral, the largest Gothic cathedral in France. Amiens also has one of the largest university hospitals in France, with a capacity of 1,200 beds. The author Jules Verne lived in Amiens from 1871 until his death in 1905, and served on the city council for 15 years. Incumbent French president Emmanuel Macron was born in Amiens. The town was fought over during both World Wars, suffering significant damage, and was repeatedly occupied by both sides. The 1918 Battle of Amiens was the opening phase of the Hundred Days Offensive which directly led to the Armistice with Germany. The Royal Air Force heavily bombed the town during the Second World War. In the aftermath, the city was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elbeuf
Elbeuf () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A light industrial town situated by the banks of the Seine some south of Rouen at the junction of the D7, D321 and the D313 roads. The commune's territory is largely residential to the north but the southern section is covered by thick woodland. Its position by a meander of the Seine leaves the town susceptible to flooding. History The first written record of the town was in the 10th century, on a map of Richard I of Normandy, under the name "Wellebou". It passed into the hands of the houses of Rieux and Lorraine, and was raised to the rank of a duchy in the peerage of France by Henry III in favour of Charles de Lorraine. The last duke of Elbeuf was Charles Eugène of Lorraine. Heraldry Population Places of interest * The mairie, also housing the museum. * Two seventeenth-century churches. * Some sixteenth-century houses. *Elbeuf corp headquarters. * A fifteenth-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alençon
Alençon (, , ; nrf, Alençoun) is a commune in Normandy, France, capital of the Orne department. It is situated west of Paris. Alençon belongs to the intercommunality of Alençon (with 52,000 people). History The name of Alençon is first recorded in a document dated in the seventh century. During the tenth century, Alençon was a buffer state between Normandy and the Maine regions. In 1049–1051, William Duke of Normandy, later known as William the Conqueror and king of England, laid siege to the town, which had risen in support of the Count of Anjou along with two other towns of the Bellême estates, Domfront (then in Maine) and Bellême (held directly from King Henry I of France). According to Duke William's chaplain and panegyrist, William of Poitiers, the defenders of the fortress refused to surrender and mockingly waved animal hides from the castle walls, referencing William's lineage as the grandson of a tanner. In response to this, William had 32 prisoners of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourneville, Eure
Bourneville is a former commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Bourneville-Sainte-Croix. 23 November 2015 Population See also *Communes of the Eure department
The following is a list of the 585 communes of the Eure department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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Évreux
Évreux () is a commune in and the capital of the department of Eure, in the French region of Normandy. Geography The city is on the Iton river. Climate History In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century CE, was named ''Mediolanum Aulercorum'', "the central town of the Aulerci", the Gallic tribe then inhabiting the area. Mediolanum was a small regional centre of the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis. Julius Caesar wintered eight legions in this area after his third campaigning season in the battle for Gaul (56-55 BC): Legiones VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII and XIV. The present-day name of ''Évreux'' originates from the Gallic tribe of Eburovices, literally ''Those who overcome by the yew?'', from the Gaulish root '' eburos''. Counts of Évreux The first known members of the family of the counts of Évreux were descended from an illegitimate son of Richard I, duke of Normandy; these counts became extinct in the male line with the death of Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beuzeville
Beuzeville () is a Communes of France, commune in the north-western part of the Departments of France, department of Eure in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in northern France. Located on the Lieuvin plateau, it is adjacent to the communes of Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados, Pont-l'Évêque, Honfleur and Deauville. Beuzeville is located just off the A13 autoroute, A13 freeway close to the Pont de Normandie and the Tancarville Bridge. Population Economy Beuzeville is a market town which is attracting business thanks to its strategic location and good transport links. Sights *The church of Saint Helier contains a nationally remarkable collection of 20th century stained glass windows by François Décorchemont (1880-1971), who independently invented a unique way of creating vivid colours in the mediaeval style. The style is more accessible than either the often much more abstract glass of the 20th century, or most 19th century church glass wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marais-Vernier
Marais-Vernier () is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. It is situated near the left bank of the Seine, at the edge of a wetland (the ''Marais Vernier'') formed by an old branch of the Seine. The wetland was cut off from the river with dams in the 17th century. Part of it is used for farming (cattle, Camargue horses, Scottish Highland Cattle), part is a protected area which is important for birds like storks. The village itself is situated on the edge of the wetland. Population See also *Communes of the Eure department The following is a list of the 585 communes of the Eure department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eure
Eure () is a department in Normandy in Northwestern France, named after the river Eure. Its prefecture is Évreux. In 2019, Eure had a population of 599,507.Populations légales 2019: 27 Eure INSEE History Eure is one of the original 83 departments created during the on 4 March 1790. It was created from part of the former of . The name in fact is taken from the Eure riv ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillebonne
Lillebonne () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in Northern France. It lies north of the Seine and east of Le Havre. In 2019, it had a population of 8,797. History Before the Roman conquest of Gaul, Iuliobona was the capital of the Caletes, or inhabitants of the Pays de Caux. It was destroyed by Julius Caesar and afterwards rebuilt by Augustus. Before it was again ruined by the barbarian invasions, it had become an important centre whence Roman roads branched out in all directions. It was an administrative, military and commercial city located close to the Seine. This made it a great transportation route between Britannia (modern-day Britain) and the remainder of the Roman Empire. It was also a crossroads of communication in order to bring Roman ways to Harfleur, Étretat, Dieppe, Évreux and Rouen. The remains of Roman baths and of a theatre capable of holding 3,000 persons have been brought to light. Many Roman and Gallic relics, notably a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tancarville
Tancarville () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. Geography Tancarville is a farming village surrounded by woodland, by the banks of the river Seine in the Pays de Caux, some east of Le Havre and near the junction of the D39, D982 and D910 roads at the eastern end of the A131 autoroute. The canal de Tancarville to le Havre starts here and it is also the site of the 125 m high Tancarville Bridge. History ''Tancarvilla'' 1103; ''Tancardi'' villae 1114; ''Tankrads farm. Germanic male given name ''Tankrad'' > Tancred, common in the duchy of Normandy. The first lords of Tancarville were the chamberlains of the Norman dukes, and then of the King of England too. William de Tancarville, a grandson of Stephen, Count of Tréguier, trained William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, whom he knighted in 1166. The title Earl of Tankerville was created in the Peerage of England for John Grey by King Henry V, during the Hundred Years' War and st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Vigor-d'Ymonville
Saint-Vigor-d'Ymonville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming and light industrial village, by the banks of the Seine, in the Pays de Caux, situated some east of Le Havre, at the junction of the D10 and D112 roads. The commune has two distinct parts: the north contains the village, farms and woodland, the south, separated by the A131 autoroute and the canal de Tancarville, has some port activity, quarrying and reclaimed marshland Population Places of interest * The twelfth-century church of St. Vigor. * The ruins of the mediaeval priory. See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
