Forges-les-Eaux | |
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 The town hall in Forges-les-Eaux | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Forges-les-Eaux  | |
  Forges-les-Eaux  Forges-les-Eaux | |
| Coordinates:49°36′48″N1°32′44″E / 49.6133°N 1.5456°E /49.6133; 1.5456 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Gournay-en-Bray |
| Intercommunality | CC 4 rivières |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2021–2026) | Christine Lesueur[1] |
Area 1 | 15.33 km2 (5.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 3,653 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76276 /76440 |
| Elevation | 124–171 m (407–561 ft) (avg. 161 m or 528 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Forges-les-Eaux (French pronunciation:[fɔʁʒle.z‿o]) is acommune in theSeine-Maritimedepartment in theNormandyregion in northernFrance. On 1 January 2016, the former commune ofLe Fossé was merged into Forges-les-Eaux.[3]
Afarming andspa town, with considerablelight industry, situated by the banks of the riversAndelle andEpte, in thePays de Bray, some 34 miles (55 km) southeast ofDieppe, at the junction of theD 915, D 921, D1314 and D 919 roads.
Known as "De Forgis" in 1186, the first part of the name,Forges, is derived from the fact that it was an important centre for the mining and manufacturing ofiron inRoman times.The second part of its name comes from the therapeutic use of the thermal waters from the sixteenth century onwards.
Aseigneur from Forges took part in theBattle of Hastings and another took part in theFirst Crusade.
During theHundred Years War, a certain Philippe de Forges was killed in 1356 at theBattle of Poitiers. Years later, but in the same conflict, the English besieged the castle and took the town, in 1418.
Blanche d'Evreux, widow ofPhilippe VI of France, came here to take the waters in the fourteenth century, but it was the Chevalier de Varenne who really began the vogue in 1573.Thespa became famous after the stay from 21 June to 13 July 1632 ofLouis XIII,Anne of Austria andCardinal Richelieu. Because of the royal visit, the parks, gardens and many water sources were developed, including three lakes that still exist today. Subsequently, many famous figures from French history have taken the waters. In 1657, the Regent Doctor of theFaculty of Medicine in Paris,Pierre Cressé, wrote a thesis on the waters of Forges which he compared to those ofPassy[4] then the chemistGilles-François Boulduc, apothecary to King Louis XIV, studied their composition.[5]
A largepottery factory was active from 1797 to the end of the nineteenth century.
Thecasino was first built in the nineteenth century but destroyed by fire in 1896. It was rebuilt and reopened in 1902.
1906 saw the first (in France) annualbutterconventions.
Therailway station was opened in the nineteenth century and runs aTER service toGisors and Dieppe.
The film "Poulet au vinaigre" (1985) by Claude Chabrol, with Stephane Audran (Released in the US as "Cop au Vin,") was filmed in Forges-les-Eaux.[Film credits]
| The arms of Forges-les-Eaux areblazoned : Gules, on a fess Or between 12 hammers fesswise argent, an anvil sable. |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 3,358 | — |
| 1975 | 3,588 | +0.95% |
| 1982 | 3,914 | +1.25% |
| 1990 | 3,735 | −0.58% |
| 1999 | 3,846 | +0.33% |
| 2007 | 3,978 | +0.42% |
| 2012 | 3,997 | +0.10% |
| 2017 | 3,805 | −0.98% |
| Source: Population in geography as of January 2020, INSEE[6] | ||
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Wennigsen,Lower Saxony, inGermany since 1997.
