Les Andelys (; Norman: Les Aundelys) is a commune in the northern French department of Eure, in Normandy.

Geography

It lies on the Seine, about northeast of Évreux.

The commune is divided into two parts, Grand-Andely (located about from the Seine) and Petit-Andely (situated on the right bank of the Seine). and INSEE (1968-2023)

|1793 |5140

|1800 |5160

|1806 |5048

|1821 |5016

|1831 |5168

|1836 |5085

|1841 |5345

|1846 |5000

|1851 |5161

|1856 |5026

|1861 |5137

|1866 |5161

|1872 |5379

|1876 |5574

|1881 |5474

|1886 |5423

|1891 |6040

|1896 |5923

|1901 |5715

|1906 |5514

|1911 |5530

|1921 |5237

|1926 |5396

|1931 |5366

|1936 |5529

|1946 |5238

|1954 |5648

|1962 |6090

|1968 |7053

|1975 |8196

|1982 |8124

|1990 |8455

|1999 |9047

|2007 |8208

|2012 |8179

|2017 |8056

|2023 |7706

Sights

  • Château Gaillard, a medieval castle, is located in Les Andelys.
  • 13th-17th century Church of Our Lady, Grand-Andely
  • 13th century Church of Saint-Sauveur, Petit-Andely
  • Sainte Clotilde Miraculous Spring
  • The Seine Banks
  • The half-timbered houses of Petit Andely

thumb|Château Gaillard, Donjon

left|thumb|upright|Our Lady's Church

Notable people

Les Andelys was the birthplace of:

  • Adrianus Turnebus (1512–1565), classical scholar.
  • Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665), painter.
  • Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753–1809), balloonist, first man to cross the English Channel by air
  • Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825–1891), painter
  • Henry Torrès (1891–1966), trial lawyer, politician, and writer
  • Sir John Woodroffe (1865–1936), lawyer and writer on Indian philosophy and Tantra, lived there from 1920 until his death.

See also

  • Communes of the Eure department
  • Treaty of Louviers

References

  • Promenade of the Andelys country (in French)
  • Les Andelys City Guide
  • Les Andelys News (in French)
  • Les Andelys holds France's second largest town flea market, the 'La Grande Foire à Tout des Andelys' every September. A mix of brocante, local produce and associations; review here.