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Merey, Eure

Coordinates: 48°58′00″N 1°24′30″E / 48.9667°N 1.4083°E / 48.9667; 1.4083
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Merey
A road in Merey
A road in Merey
Coat of arms of Merey
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Merey is located in France
Merey
Merey
Merey is located in Normandy
Merey
Merey
Coordinates: 48°58′00″N 1°24′30″E / 48.9667°N 1.4083°E / 48.9667; 1.4083
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentEure
ArrondissementLes Andelys
CantonPacy-sur-Eure
IntercommunalitySeine Normandie Agglomération
Government
 • Mayor (2024–2026) Gérard Petit[1]
Area
1
8.66 km2 (3.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
342
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
27400 /27640
Elevation45–133 m (148–436 ft)
(avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Merey (French pronunciation: [məʁɛ]) is a commune in the Eure department of the Normandy region in northern France.

History

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As Madrie (Pagus Madriensis, later pays de Merey) it was a pagus in the north of Gaul lying between the Seine river and the rivers Eure and Iton. At the beginning of the fifth century, when the Notitia provinciarum was compiled, it was a Roman administrative division or pagus of Provincia Lugdunensis Secunda.

In the ninth-century Carolingian Empire. In 822, Pepin, king of Aquitaine married Ingeltrude (also called Engelberga, Hringard, or Ringart), daughter of Theodobert, count of Madrie (c. 800-after 876), who was a son of Nibelung (Nivelan) of the royal house of the Burgundians.

It became part of Normandy in the 10th century[3] and is now in the region called Normandy.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
196298—    
1968127+29.6%
1975138+8.7%
1982192+39.1%
1990185−3.6%
1999260+40.5%
2008303+16.5%

Personalities

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In 1694 Francois Quesnay was born at Merey.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Normandy" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 749–751.