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Les Andelys is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.GeographyIt lies on the Seine, about 35 km northeast of Évreux.The commune is divided into two parts, Grand-Andely and Petit-Andely.Sights Château Gaillard, a medieval castle, is located in Les Andelys. Sainte Clotilde Miraculous Spring The Seine Banks The half-timbered houses of Petit AndelyPersonalitiesLes Andelys was the birthplace of: Adrianus Turnebus (1512 - 1565), classical scholar Nicolas Poussin (1594 - 1665), painter Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753 - 1809), balloonist, first man to cross the English Channel by air Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825 - 1891), painter Sir John Woodroffe (1865–1936), lawyer and writer on Indian philosophy and Tantra, lived here from 1920 until his death Henry Torrès (1891–1966), trial lawyer, politician, and writer