{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Vernon |commune status = Commune |image = Vernon - Vieux moulin01.jpg |caption = Old mill on the broken bridge |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Vernon (Eure).svg |arrondissement = Les Andelys |canton = Vernon |INSEE = 27681 |postal code = 27200 |mayor = François Ouzilleau (DVD)<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = Seine Normandie Agglomération |coordinates = {{coord|49.09|1.49|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = |elevation min m = 10 |elevation max m = 148 |area km2 = 34.92 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} |website = {{url|https://www.vernon27.fr}} |demonym = Vernonnais }}

'''Vernon''' ({{IPA|fr|vɛʁnɔ̃}}; {{langx|nrf|Vernoun}}) is a commune in the French department of Eure, region of Normandy, northern France. It lies on the banks of the river Seine on the departmental border with Yvelines, about midway between Paris and Rouen. Vernon–Giverny station {{endash}} which also serves neighbouring Giverny and its world-renowned Maison Monet {{endash}} has rail connections to both.

The town is known for its production of engines by the SNECMA group. It is also the hometown of current Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu.

==History== <!--MUST BE REWRITTEN IN PROSE--> Mentioned in a Latin written document as ''Vernum'', the /m/ at the end could be the last remains of the Celtic ''magus'' 'plain' or 'market', or it is a simple latinization, and the origin is just the Celtic word ''*uerno'', alder tree (Breton ''gwern'', Welsh ''gwern'', Irish ''fern'', modern French ''verne'').

The village gave its name to a family who took part in the Norman Conquest of England, and then became a British first name.

The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1895.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|IA27000109}}</ref>

The town is home to the Établissement Saint-Adjutor, a notable private school.

===Important dates=== * 750 – First mention of the name Vernon by Pepin the Short. * 1070 – Birth of Saint Adjutor. * 1123 – Building of Vernon Castle<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.castles.nl/archives-tower | title=Castles.nl - Archives Tower }}</ref> * 1153 – Vernon is besieged by king Louis VII. * 1196 – Vernon is joined to the royal domain by King Philip II Augustus. * 1227 – Saint-Louis comes to Vernon. * 1415 – Vernon becomes English. * 1449 – Vernon passes to France (king Charles VII). * 1596 – 8 October, Henry IV visits Bizy Castle. * 1600 – Construction of the Vieux-Moulin (old mill). * 1606 – Henry IV creates a school. * 1723 – Creation of the Avenue des Capucins. * 1789 – Thomas Jefferson, his family, and Sally and James Hemings stop at Vernon on their way to Le Havre to return to America. * 1804 – Vernonnet is attached to Vernon. * 1810 – Napoleon comes to Vernon. * 1843 – Arrival of the Paris-Rouen-Le Havre railroad. * 1858 – Building of the Saint-Louis Hospital. * 1860 – Highworks urbanism in the centre by Suchet d'Albuféra. * 1862 – Building of the library. * 1895 – Inauguration of the new Hôtel de Ville by Adolphe Barette. * 1897 – First cinema show at the Vernon Theatre. * 1910 – The Seine river floods the town. * 1946 – Arrival of 28 German scientists from Peenemünde to develop French rockets. * 1951 – First attempt to launch a ''Véronique'' rocket ('''Ver'''nonelectr'''onic''')<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081201174833/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/vernon.htm]</ref> * 1955 – Inauguration of the Clémenceau Bridge. * 1966 – Building of the Georges Dumézil high school. * 1983 – First edition of the ''Foire aux Cerises'' (cherry fair). * 1992 – Building of the Espace Culturel Philippe Auguste.

==Population== {{Historical populations | align = none | cols = 2 | percentages = pagr | source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|39507|Vernon}}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2023)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-27681#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> | graph-pos = bottom |1793 |4029 |1800 |5202 |1806 |4793 |1821 |4812 |1831 |4888 |1836 |5301 |1841 |6128 |1846 |5204 |1851 |6463 |1856 |7674 |1861 |7410 |1866 |7787 |1872 |7961 |1876 |7636 |1881 |7881 |1886 |8164 |1891 |8288 |1896 |8492 |1901 |8757 |1906 |8667 |1911 |8733 |1921 |8814 |1926 |9725 |1931 |10621 |1936 |11330 |1946 |11242 |1954 |14460 |1962 |17247 |1968 |18872 |1975 |22422 |1982 |22243 |1990 |23659 |1999 |24056 |2007 |24598 |2012 |24112 |2017 |23872 |2023 |25290 }}

==Twin towns – sister cities== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}} Vernon is twinned with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Jumelage|url=https://www.vernon27.fr/la-ville/international/jumelage/|website=vernon27.fr|publisher=Vernon|language=fr|access-date=2021-03-14}}</ref> *{{flagicon|GER}} Bad Kissingen, Germany *{{flagicon|ITA}} Massa, Italy

==Notable people== *Michel de La Vigne (1588–1648), doctor *Philippe Montanier (born 1964), football player and manager *Chantal Jouanno (born 1969), politician *Tongo Doumbia (born 1989), footballer *Marie-Charlotte Garin (born 1995), politician *Ousmane Dembélé (born 1997), footballer *Jared Khasa (born 1997), footballer

==Gallery== <gallery> Vernon - Église01.jpg|Collégiale Notre-Dame (now Parish Church) Vernon - Tour des Archives03.jpg|Tour des archives (Philippe Auguste's Keep) Vernon MH-maison temps jadis.jpg|Maison du Temps Jadis (Medieval House) Vernon - Musée AG Poulain03.jpg|Corner of Rue du Pont and Rue Carnot Vernon - Musée AG Poulain01.jpg|Museum Vernon - Colombages01.jpg|Place Barette Vernon - Hôtel de ville02.jpg|Hôtel de Ville Tombeau saint mauxe1.jpg|Tomb of Saint-Mauxe Vernon - Monuments aux morts01.jpg|War memorial Vernon - Pont sur la Seine01.jpg|Pont Clemenceau Pont médiéval à Vernon.JPG|Medieval bridge Vernon - Place du Général-De-Gaulle01.jpg|Place Charles de Gaulle's Market Day Vernon - Espace Philippe-Auguste01.jpg|Espace Philippe-Auguste Culture Centre </gallery>

==See also== *Communes of the Eure department

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Vernon (Eure)}} *[http://www.vernon27.fr/ Official website] (in French) *[https://www.nouvelle-normandie-tourisme.com/?langue=en&PHPSESSID=4a2463a48c9e8b70027a483df1189605 Nouvelle Normandie Tourisme] – official tourist board website in English

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Category:Communes of Eure Category:Veliocasses