Tillières-sur-Avre

Tillières-sur-Avre is a commune in the Eure department and Normandy region of northern France.

CountryFrance

Area

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16.76 km² (6.47 sq mi)

Population

(2023)^[2]

1,020

TimezoneUTC+01:00 (CET)

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Tillières-sur-Avre
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Coordinates: 48°45′29″N 1°03′26″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Évreux
Canton	Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton
Intercommunality	CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Fabien Gouttefarde[1]
Area 1	16.76 km2 (6.47 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	1,020
• Density	60.9/km2 (158/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	27643 /27570
Elevation	128–179 m (420–587 ft) (avg. 134 m or 440 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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In 1013, Richard II of Normandy erected a castle on the benches of the Avre river as this region was being contested by the Norman dukes, the counts of Blois and the French kings.^[3] The custody of the castle was given to the Raoul from the house of Tosny^[4] but some time after his rebellion it was given by Robert I of Normandy to Gilbert I of the house of Crispin. Around 1041 the castle was captured from him and razed by the French king Henry I but Robert's son, William the Conqueror, rebuild the castle and invested Gilbert's son, Gilbert II, as hereditary custodian of the castle around 1058.^[3]

Around the same time, in the 11th century, its church Saint-Hilaire was built in the Romanesque style. The church was later enlarged in the 16th century and the facade significantly altered in the 19th century.^[5]

The painter Maurice Boitel was born here in 1919.

The village is twinned with that of Wendehausen in Thuringia, Germany.