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Gisors (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the French department of Eure, Normandy, France.It is located 62.9 km (39.1 mi) northwest from the centre of Paris.. Gisors, together with the neighbouring communes of Trie-Château and Trie-la-Ville, form an urban area of 13,915 inhabitants (2018). [3]
Fédération Nationale des Gîtes de France (French pronunciation: [ʒit də fʁɑ̃s]) is an organization that lists and rates the quality campgrounds, bed and breakfasts and self catering gites. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Normandy (French: Normandie; Norman: Normaundie or Nouormandie) [note 2] is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular Normandy (mostly the British Channel Islands ).
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Magny, Le Ménil Girard and Trun. [4]The commune is part of the area known as Pays d'Auge. [5]The commune has the River Dives running through it and two streams Guerard & Merdret's Creek.
Flers on the 18th century Cassini map. Flers is bordered to the north by the communes of Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers and Aubusson, to the north-east by Ronfeugerai, to the west by La Lande-Patry and Saint-Paul, to the south-west by La Chapelle-Biche, La Chapelle-au-Moine and Messei, and to the south-east by La Selle-la-Forge.
Étretat is known for being the last place in France from which the 1927 biplane The White Bird (L'Oiseau Blanc) was seen.French World War I war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli were attempting to make the first non-stop flight from Paris to New York City, but after the plane's 8 May 1927 departure, it disappeared somewhere over the Atlantic.
Lillebonne (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in Northern France. It lies 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of the Seine and 24 miles (39 km) east of Le Havre .
Colombières castle is a historic building, built between Bayeux and Isigny-sur-Mer, close to the D-Day landing beaches. It was one of the most famous forts in Lower Normandy while France was under Feudal rule.