Le Neubourg

Le Neubourg
Commune
Coat of arms
Le Neubourg Location within Normandy region Le Neubourg
Coordinates: 49°08′56″N 0°54′14″E / 49.149°N 0.904°E / 49.149; 0.904Coordinates: 49°08′56″N 0°54′14″E / 49.149°N 0.904°E / 49.149; 0.904
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Bernay
Canton	Le Neubourg
Intercommunality	Pays du Neubourg
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Paul Delachaussée
Area1	9.91 km2 (3.83 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	4,109
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	27428 /27110
Elevation	110–151 m (361–495 ft) (avg. 134 m or 440 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Neubourg is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. The composer and organist Roger Boucher (1885–1918) was born in Le Neubourg.

History

In the 11th century the manor of Le Neubourg was a subsidiary holding of Roger de Beaumont (d.1094), a principal adviser to William the Conqueror, and feudal lord of Beaumont-le-Roger situated 12 km to the SW. He gave the manor to his second son Henry de Beaumont (c.1048-1119), who was created 1st Earl of Warwick in 1088 and who adopted for himself and his descendants the surname "de Newburgh", the Anglicised adjectival form of his Norman lordship. The name was Latinised to de Novo Burgo, meaning "from the new borough/town".

Population

See also

• Communes of the Eure department

References

• INSEE

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