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Damville
Damville
Part of Mesnils-sur-Iton
	Coat of arms
	Location of Damville
	Damville Damville
	Coordinates: 48°52′14″N 1°04′32″E / 48.8706°N 1.0756°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Bernay
Canton	Verneuil-sur-Avre
Commune	Mesnils-sur-Iton
Area 1	11.74 km2 (4.53 sq mi)
Population (2013)	2,016
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	27240
Elevation	130–164 m (427–538 ft) ; (avg. 145 m or 476 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Damville (French pronunciation: [dɑ̃vil]) is a former commune in the Eure Department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Mesnils-sur-Iton.^[2]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1868	985	—
1962	1,321	+34.1%
1968	1,349	+2.1%
1975	1,345	−0.3%
1982	1,666	+23.9%
1990	1,897	+13.9%
1999	2,017	+6.3%
2008	2,031	+0.7%

History

In the Middle Ages, Damville was important for its situation on the Norman border. The fortress of Damville was built in 1035. The castle was burned down by Henry II of England, in 1189, it was rebuilt by Richard the Lionheart.