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Les Andelys

Les Andelys is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.

Geography

It lies on the Seine, about 35 km (22 mi) northeast of Évreux.

The commune is divided into two parts, Grand-Andely and Petit-Andely.

Sights

• Château Gaillard, a medieval castle, is located in Les Andelys.
• Sainte Clotilde Miraculous Spring
• The Seine Banks
• The half-timbered houses of Petit Andely

Personalities

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
• Sir John Woodroffe (1865–1936), lawyer and writer on Indian philosophy and Tantra, lived here from 1920 until his death
• Henry Torrès (1891–1966), trial lawyer, politician, and writer

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