Saint-Georges-Motel | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Saint-Georges-Motel  | |
  Saint-Georges-Motel  Saint-Georges-Motel | |
| Coordinates:48°47′37″N1°22′03″E / 48.7936°N 1.3675°E /48.7936; 1.3675 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Eure |
| Arrondissement | Évreux |
| Canton | Saint-André-de-l'Eure |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays de Dreux |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Louis Guirlin[1] |
Area 1 | 4.97 km2 (1.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 880 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 27543 /27710 |
| Elevation | 67–132 m (220–433 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Georges-Motel (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃ʒɔʁʒmɔtɛl]) is acommune in theEuredepartment inNormandy in northernFrance.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 553 | — |
| 1968 | 567 | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 572 | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 630 | +10.1% |
| 1990 | 800 | +27.0% |
| 1999 | 950 | +18.8% |
| 2008 | 949 | −0.1% |
The early 17th-centuryChâteau Saint-Georges-Motel, is a 10,000-square-foot castle surrounded by a moat on a 235-acre property that includes eighteen outbuildings. KingHenry IV spent the night on the estate before winning theBattle of Ivry that united France.[4]
In the 1920s,[5] the château was purchased as a summer house by American heiressConsuelo Vanderbilt when she was married to the French aviator and industrialistJacques Balsan,[6] after her divorce fromCharles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough.[7] While Consuelo owned the château, Prime MinisterWinston Churchill was a frequent visitor.[8] Vanderbilt's ownership of the château inspired her mother,Alva Belmont to purchase theChâteau d'Augerville.[9]
The château was listed for sale for $8.21 million in 2017 by its then owners, Catherine Hamilton, president of the American Friends ofVersailles, and her husband, David Hamilton, a Houston-raised, Chicago-based businessman. They purchased the château in the late 1980s for $6 million.[4]
