Forges-les-Eaux | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 49°36′48″N 1°32′44″E / 49.6133°N 1.5456°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Dieppe |
Canton | Gournay-en-Bray |
Intercommunality | CC 4 rivières |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–2026) | Christine Lesueur [1] |
Area 1 | 15.33 km2 (5.92 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 3,702 |
• Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
76276 /76440 |
Elevation | 124–171 m (407–561 ft) (avg. 161 m or 528 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Forges-les-Eaux (French pronunciation: [fɔʁʒ le.z‿o]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Le Fossé was merged into Forges-les-Eaux. [3]
A farming and spa town, with considerable light industry, situated by the banks of the rivers Andelle and Epte, in the Pays de Bray, some 34 miles (55 km) southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D 915, D 921, D1314 and D 919 roads.
Known as "De Forgis" in 1186, the first part of the name,
Forges, is derived from the fact that it was an important centre for the mining and manufacturing of
iron in
Roman times.
The second part of its name comes from the therapeutic use of the thermal waters from the sixteenth century onwards.
A
seigneur from Forges took part in the
Battle of Hastings and another took part in the
First Crusade.
During the
Hundred Years War, a certain Philippe de Forges was killed in 1356 at the
Battle of Poitiers. Years later, but in the same conflict, the English besieged the castle and took the town, in 1418.
Blanche d'Evreux, widow of
Philippe VI of France, came here to take the waters in the fourteenth century, but it was the Chevalier de Varenne who really began the vogue in 1573.
The
spa became famous after the stay from 21 June to 13 July 1632 of
Louis XIII,
Anne of Austria and
Cardinal Richelieu. Because of the royal visit, the parks, gardens and many water sources were developed, including three lakes that still exist today. Subsequently, many famous figures from French history have taken the waters. In 1657, the Regent Doctor of the
Faculty of Medicine in Paris,
Pierre Cressé, wrote a thesis on the waters of Forges which he compared to those of
Passy
[4] then the chemist
Gilles-François Boulduc, apothecary to King Louis XIV, studied their composition.
[5]
A large
pottery factory was active from 1797 to the end of the nineteenth century.
The
casino was first built in the nineteenth century but destroyed by fire in 1896. It was rebuilt and reopened in 1902.
1906 saw the first (in France) annual butter conventions.
The railway station was opened in the nineteenth century and runs a TER service to Gisors and Dieppe.
The film "Poulet au vinaigre" (1985) by Claude Chabrol, with Stephane Audran (Released in the US as "Cop au Vin,") was filmed in Forges-les-Eaux.[Film credits]
The arms of Forges-les-Eaux are
blazoned : Gules, on a fess Or between 12 hammers fesswise argent, an anvil sable.
|
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 3,358 | — |
1975 | 3,588 | +0.95% |
1982 | 3,914 | +1.25% |
1990 | 3,735 | −0.58% |
1999 | 3,846 | +0.33% |
2007 | 3,978 | +0.42% |
2012 | 3,997 | +0.10% |
2017 | 3,805 | −0.98% |
Source: Population in geography as of January 2020, INSEE [6] |
Forges-les-Eaux | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 49°36′48″N 1°32′44″E / 49.6133°N 1.5456°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Dieppe |
Canton | Gournay-en-Bray |
Intercommunality | CC 4 rivières |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–2026) | Christine Lesueur [1] |
Area 1 | 15.33 km2 (5.92 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 3,702 |
• Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
76276 /76440 |
Elevation | 124–171 m (407–561 ft) (avg. 161 m or 528 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Forges-les-Eaux (French pronunciation: [fɔʁʒ le.z‿o]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Le Fossé was merged into Forges-les-Eaux. [3]
A farming and spa town, with considerable light industry, situated by the banks of the rivers Andelle and Epte, in the Pays de Bray, some 34 miles (55 km) southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D 915, D 921, D1314 and D 919 roads.
Known as "De Forgis" in 1186, the first part of the name,
Forges, is derived from the fact that it was an important centre for the mining and manufacturing of
iron in
Roman times.
The second part of its name comes from the therapeutic use of the thermal waters from the sixteenth century onwards.
A
seigneur from Forges took part in the
Battle of Hastings and another took part in the
First Crusade.
During the
Hundred Years War, a certain Philippe de Forges was killed in 1356 at the
Battle of Poitiers. Years later, but in the same conflict, the English besieged the castle and took the town, in 1418.
Blanche d'Evreux, widow of
Philippe VI of France, came here to take the waters in the fourteenth century, but it was the Chevalier de Varenne who really began the vogue in 1573.
The
spa became famous after the stay from 21 June to 13 July 1632 of
Louis XIII,
Anne of Austria and
Cardinal Richelieu. Because of the royal visit, the parks, gardens and many water sources were developed, including three lakes that still exist today. Subsequently, many famous figures from French history have taken the waters. In 1657, the Regent Doctor of the
Faculty of Medicine in Paris,
Pierre Cressé, wrote a thesis on the waters of Forges which he compared to those of
Passy
[4] then the chemist
Gilles-François Boulduc, apothecary to King Louis XIV, studied their composition.
[5]
A large
pottery factory was active from 1797 to the end of the nineteenth century.
The
casino was first built in the nineteenth century but destroyed by fire in 1896. It was rebuilt and reopened in 1902.
1906 saw the first (in France) annual butter conventions.
The railway station was opened in the nineteenth century and runs a TER service to Gisors and Dieppe.
The film "Poulet au vinaigre" (1985) by Claude Chabrol, with Stephane Audran (Released in the US as "Cop au Vin,") was filmed in Forges-les-Eaux.[Film credits]
The arms of Forges-les-Eaux are
blazoned : Gules, on a fess Or between 12 hammers fesswise argent, an anvil sable.
|
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 3,358 | — |
1975 | 3,588 | +0.95% |
1982 | 3,914 | +1.25% |
1990 | 3,735 | −0.58% |
1999 | 3,846 | +0.33% |
2007 | 3,978 | +0.42% |
2012 | 3,997 | +0.10% |
2017 | 3,805 | −0.98% |
Source: Population in geography as of January 2020, INSEE [6] |