VERNEUIL, a town of north-western France. Pop. (1931) 4,737. Verneuil stands on the left bank of the Avre. The church of La Madeleine (nth to 17th century) has the facade flanked by a square tower of the first half of the i6th century. The church contains old stained glass, an ironwork pulpit and other works of art. The church of Notre Dame (12th and i6th cen turies) possesses Romanesque stone carvings. The Tour Grise is a cylindrical keep built in 1120 by Henry I.