montfort-sur-risle

Montfort-sur-Risle is a commune and a canton of the Eure dpartement, in the Haute-Normandie rgion of Normandy, in France. It is also the seat of the canton with the same name.

Data

Postal code: 27290
INSEE code: 27413
Population: 893 (1999)

Area: 3.94 km/294 ha
Density 226.4/km

History

In Gallic times the river Risle delimited the territories of the tribes of Veliocasses and the Lexovii. House of Montfort-sur-Risle: A dynasty of the Anglo-Norman baronage. Founded by Thurstin de Bastembourg, seigneur of Pont-Authou (-1027) His son Hughes I de Montroft, seigneur of Pont-Authou and Montfort-sur-Risle died defending William the Conqueror in 1040. Hughes II de Montfort participated in the Battle of Mortemer in 1054 and the Battle of Hastings. The Constable (Conntable) of Normandy, then of Normandy and England, and Chtelain of Dover, he received 114 manors in England and died in 1087. Hughes III de Montfort was Constable of Normandy and England.

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