Lyons-la-Forêt
Lyons-la-Forêt is a commune of the Eure département, in Normandy, northern France. Population: 806.
Geography Lyons-la-Forêt is located 46 km from Rouen and 28 km from Gisors. - Area: 26.99 km²
- Altitude: 163 m
Sights - Roman theater (private property)
- Castle of Henry I of England (private property)
- covered market place (18th century)
- church (12th and 18th centuries)
- town hall (17th century)
- houses built in typical Norman style (17th and 18th centuries)
- the forest, the largest in Normandy and one of the largest beech woods in Europe
Miscellaneous
Maurice Ravel wrote music in Le Fresne, one of the old mansions of Lyons-la-Forêt. Lyons-la-Forêt was the birthplace of Enguerrand de Marigny (1260-1315), chamberlain and minister of Philip IV the Fair. Saint-Denis-le-Fermont, where Henry I of England died, is located in Lyons-la-Forêt.
External link Aerial pictures of Lyons-la-Forêt
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