Thiberville
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Thiberville  | |
  Thiberville  Thiberville | |
| Coordinates: 49°08′19″N 0°27′21″E / 49.1386°N 0.4558°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Eure |
| Arrondissement | Bernay |
| Canton | Beuzeville |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Guy Paris[1] |
Area 1 | 7.98 km2 (3.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,765 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 27629 /27230 |
| Elevation | 160–188 m (525–617 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Thiberville (French pronunciation: [tibɛʁvil]) is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. It is 15 km east of Lisieux.
In late 2024 the town made the news when Roger Thiberville, a meteorologist in Paris who had inherited a large family property portfolio, left the town almost all of his €10m fortune in his will. His only apparent connection to the town was from his family name, having never even visited himself. The sum represented about five times the annual town budget, and his only request was for his ashes to be placed in the town cemetery.[3][4]
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 1,270 | — |
| 1968 | 1,374 | +8.2% |
| 1975 | 1,483 | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 1,643 | +10.8% |
| 1990 | 1,610 | −2.0% |
| 1999 | 1,537 | −4.5% |
| 2008 | 1,727 | +12.4% |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Willsher, Kim (11 January 2025). "Tiny French town left €10m fortune by a man who had never been there". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Un homme lègue 10 millions d'euros à un village de l'Eure où il n'avait jamais mis les pieds, juste parce qu'il partageait le même nom". France Info (in French). 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
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