Nonancourt

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.

Nonancourt
Commune
The church in Nonancourt
Coat of arms
Location of Nonancourt
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Coordinates: 48°46′38″N 1°11′39″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Évreux
Canton	Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton
Intercommunality	CA Pays de Dreux
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Jean-Loup Justeau[1]
Area 1	7.21 km2 (2.78 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,300
• Density	320/km2 (830/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	27438 /27320
Elevation	97–152 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.

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