Nonancourt

Commune in Normandy, France

(2022–2026) Jean-Loup Justeau^[1]Area7.21 km² (2.78 sq mi)Population2,287 • Density320/km² (820/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation97–152 m (318–499 ft)
(avg. 171 m or 561 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nonancourt (French pronunciation: [nɔnɑ̃kuʁ]) is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. The writer Louis-François Beffara (1751–1838) and the playwright Lucien Besnard (1872–1955) were born in Nonancourt. Nonancourt station has rail connections to Argentan, Paris and Granville.

Since 1975 Nonancourt has been twinned with Earls Colne in Essex.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,128 —     1800 1,204 +0.94% 1806 1,243 +0.53% 1821 1,359 +0.60% 1831 1,345 −0.10% 1836 1,410 +0.95% 1841 1,529 +1.63% 1846 1,629 +1.28% 1851 1,641 +0.15% 1856 1,590 −0.63% 1861 1,404 −2.46% 1866 1,750 +4.50% 1872 1,817 +0.63% 1876 1,983 +2.21% 1881 2,075 +0.91% 1886 2,072 −0.03% 1891 2,058 −0.14% 1896 2,073 +0.15%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,054 −0.18% 1906 2,046 −0.08% 1911 1,826 −2.25% 1921 1,694 −0.75% 1926 1,748 +0.63% 1931 1,733 −0.17% 1936 1,673 −0.70% 1946 1,685 +0.07% 1954 1,736 +0.37% 1962 1,794 +0.41% 1968 1,688 −1.01% 1975 1,862 +1.41% 1982 1,752 −0.87% 1990 2,184 +2.79% 1999 2,320 +0.67% 2007 2,152 −0.94% 2012 2,323 +1.54% 2017 2,282 −0.36%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Eure department

References