Vernon, Eure: Information from Answers.com

Coordinates: 49°05′33″N 1°29′09″E / 49.0925°N 1.48583333333°E / 49.0925; 1.48583333333

Administration
Commune of Vernon
Location
Vernon, Eure
Country	France
Region	Haute-Normandie
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Évreux
Intercommunality	Portes de l'Eure
Mayor	Philippe Nguyen Thanh (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	10–148 m (33–490 ft)
Land area¹	34.92 km² (13.48 sq mi)
Population²	24,056 (1999)
- Density	689 /km² (1,780 /sq mi)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	27681/ 27200
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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 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).

1 Heraldry
2 History
- 2.1 Important Dates
3 Gallery
4 External links
5 References

Heraldry

	The arms of Vernon are blazoned : Argent, 3 bunches of cress vert tied Or, on a chief azure, 3 fleurs de lys Or.
motto: Vernon semper viret (Vernon forever green)

History

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1027 - 1030 : Mention in a Latin written document as Vernum, the /m/ at the end could be the last remains of the Celtic magus 'plain' or 'market', or it is a simple latinization, and the origin is just the Celtic word *uerno, alder tree (Breton gwern, Irish fern).

The village gave its name to a family who took part to the Norman Conquest of England and then became a British first name.

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 King Philip II Augustus.
1204 - Building of the Vernon Castle
1227 - Saint-Louis comes to Vernon.
1415 - Vernon becomes English.
1449 - Vernon passes to France (king Charles VII).
1596 - 8 October, Henry IV visits the Bizy Castle.
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 comes to Vernon.
1843 - Arrival of the railroad Paris-Rouen-Le Havre.
1858 - Building of the Saint-Louis Hospital.
1860 - Highworks 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 overfloods the city.
1946 - Arrival of 28 German scientists from Pennemünde to develop French rockets.
1951 - First attempt to launch a Veronique-rocket (Vernonelectronic) [1]
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

Gallery

Old mill	Collégiale Notre-Dame	Corner of Rue du Pont and Rue Carnot	Hôtel de ville
Maison du Temps Jadis	Museum	Place Barette	Espace Philippe-Auguste
Pont Clémenceau	War memorial	Tour des archives	Place Charles de Gaulle
Tomb of Saint Mauxe