Breteuil, Eure

Breteuil
Breteuil
Commune
	The town hall in Breteuil
	Coat of arms
	Location of Breteuil
	Breteuil Breteuil
	Coordinates: 48°50′13″N 0°54′53″E / 48.8369°N 0.9147°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Bernay
Canton	Breteuil
Intercommunality	Normandie Sud Eure
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Chéron
Area 1	55.05 km2 (21.25 sq mi)
Population (2021)	4,287
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Demonym	Bretoliens
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	27112 /27160
Elevation	157–197 m (515–646 ft) ; (avg. 179 m or 587 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Breteuil (French pronunciation: [bʁətœj]), also known as Breteuil-sur-Iton ("Breteuil-on-Iton"), is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. On 1 January 2016, the former communes Cintray and La Guéroulde were merged into Breteuil.^[3]

History

During the Middle Ages, Breteuil was the seat of a lordship in the duchy of Normandy. Its lord William FitzOsbern was a companion of William during his conquest of England in 1066. His son William of Breteuil served as a Benedictine abbot before inheriting Breteuil and was later canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. His illegitimate son Eustace of Breteuil married Juliane de Fontevrault, the illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England, who feuded with her father and eventually lost control of the lordship.