Vernon, Eure

French commune
nomcommune=Vernon
région=Haute-Normandie
département=Eure
arrondissement=Évreux
canton=
insee=27681
cp=27200
maire=Philippe Nguyen Thanh
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Portes de l'Eure
longitude=1.48583333333
latitude=49.0925
alt moy=
alt mini=10
alt maxi=148
km²=34.92
sans=24,056
date-sans=1999
dens=689
date-dens=1999|

Vernon is a commune in the department of Eure in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

It lies on the banks of the Seine River, about midway between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The city is well-known for its production of aircraft and rocket engines by the SNECMA group. In the 1999 census, Vernon had a population of 24,056. The commune has a land area of 34.92 km² (13.483 sq mi).

History

Vernon was apparently so important to the King of France, Philippe Auguste that he attached it to the kingdom of France even before he did the rest of Normandy (1196 for Vernon, and 1204 for the rest of Normandy). [ [http://giverny.org/vernon/histgb.htm Vernon City history, giverny. org] ] Among those who conferred their ancestral rights to fishing and hunting rights in the forest of Vernon to the King was Norman nobleman Laurent de Livet, who transferred his rights to King Philippe Auguste in . [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=m6wuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA247&lpg=PA247&dq=%22laurent+de+lyvet%22&source=web&ots=Qjr-LL34b3&sig=d7uUNyZJA8nk6vM5FHAsAsZRLwo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result La France sous Philippe le Bel, Edgard Boutaric, Paris, 1861] ] [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=E5FYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=%22jean+de+livet%22+banneret&source=web&ots=akqCltL9FR&sig=zLM6vUT899WDHGMDHv0MYjp6SDg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA68,M1 Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, Franc̜ois Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye, 1775] ]

The village gave its name to an early English family who were part of the Norman Conquest.

Important Dates

* 750 - First mention of name Vernon by Pepin the Short.
* 1070 - Birth of Saint Adjutor.
* 1153 - Vernon is besieged by king Louis VII.
* 1196 - Vernon is joined to the royal domain by Philippe Auguste.
* 1204 - Construction of the castle of Vernon.
* 1227 - Saint-Louis comes to Vernon.
* 1415 - Vernon becomes English.
* 1449 - Vernon passes to France (king Charles VII).
* 1596 - 8 October, Henry IV came to the castle from Bizy.
* 1600 - Construction of the Vieux-Moulin (old mill).
* 1606 - Henry IV creates a school.
* 1723 - Creation of the l'Avenue des Capucins.
* 1804 - Vernonnet is attached to Vernon.
* 1810 - Napoleon I came to Vernon.
* 1843 - Arrival of the railroad Paris-Rouen-Le Havre.
* 1858 - Building of the Saint-Louis Hospital.
* 1860 - Highwork urbanism in the center by Suchet d'Albuféra.
* 1862 - Building of the library.
* 1895 - Inauguration of the new cityhall by Adolphe Barette.
* 1897 - First cinema show at the Theatre from Vernon.
* 1910 - The Seine river floods the city.
* 1955 - Inauguration of the Clemenceau Bridge.
* 1966 - Building of the Georges Dumézil highschool .
* 1983 - First edition of the "Foire aux Cerises" (cherry fair).
* 1988 - 18 October, visit from François Mitterrand.
* 1992 - Building of the Espace Culturel Philippe Auguste.
* 1996 - 30 June, visit from Hillary Clinton.
* 2004 - 16 January, visit from Jean-Louis Borloo.
* 2004 - 29 January, visit from Alain Lambert.
* 2006 - 26 January, visit from Nicolas Sarkozy

External links

* [http://www.cape-tourisme.fr/index.php3?langue=en&PHPSESSID=4a2463a48c9e8b70027a483df1189605 Vernon] - Official tourist board website in English
* [http://www.vernon27.fr/ Official website] (in French)
* [http://giverny.org/vernon/ Vernon Unofficial website] (in English and French)
* [http://givernews.com/?Vernon Vernon News] Vernon Section of Giverny News (In French)

References