Damville () is a former

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in the

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.Department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

in the

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in northern

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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of

Mesnils-sur-Iton Mesnils-sur-Iton (, literally ''Mesnils on Iton'') is a commune in the department of Eure, northern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Condé-sur-Iton, Damville (the seat), Gouville, Mant ...

.Arrêté préfectoral
23 November 2015

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History

In the Middle Ages, Damville was important for its situation on the

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border. The fortress of Damville was built in 1035. The castle was burned down by

Henry II of England Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle (french: link=no, Court-manteau), Henry FitzEmpress, or Henry Plantagenet, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189, and as such, was the first Angevin king ...

, in 1189, it was rebuilt by

Richard the Lionheart Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overl ...

Personalities

Raymond Duchamp-Villon Raymond Duchamp-Villon (5 November 1876 – 9 October 1918) was a French sculptor. Life and art Duchamp-Villon was born Pierre-Maurice-Raymond Duchamp in Damville, Eure, in the Normandy region of France, the second son of Eugène and Lucie Duch ...

(1876–1918), sculptor *

Jacques Villon Jacques Villon (July 31, 1875 – June 9, 1963), also known as Gaston Duchamp, was a French Cubist and abstract painter and printmaker. Early life Born Émile Méry Frédéric Gaston Duchamp in Damville, Eure, in Normandy, France, he came ...

(Gaston Duchamp) (1875–1963), painter, draughtsman and engraver. * Michel Cluizel, chocolate factory founder *

André Couteaux André Couteaux (1925 – 1985) was a French writer and a scenarist. Biography He was married to Béatrice de Cambronne, the daughter of Claude de Cambronne, with whom he had a son, Stanislas Couteaux. He was born in Ankara. He is also the ...

, French novelist

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