Sylvains-les-Moulins

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Lydie Reber^[1]Area23.88 km² (9.22 sq mi)Population1,293 • Density54/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation114–159 m (374–522 ft)
(avg. 164 m or 538 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sylvains-les-Moulins (French pronunciation: [silvɛ̃ lɛ mulɛ̃]) is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. On 1 January 2016, the former commune Villalet was merged into Sylvains-les-Moulins.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	305	—
1968	343	+12.5%
1975	448	+30.6%
1982	659	+47.1%
1990	945	+43.4%
1999	919	−2.8%
2008	1,145	+24.6%

Personalities

• André Couteaux, writer, who adapted Mon oncle Benjamin on screen and wrote the novel Un monsieur de compagnie.
• Claude de Cambronne, French businessman
• Gilbert Renault (1904–1984), French resistant aka Colonel Rémy.

See also

• Communes of the Eure department

References