Eure

Eure
Coat of Arms of Eure
Location
Administration
Department number:	27
Region:	Haute-Normandie
Prefecture:	Évreux
Subprefectures:	Les Andelys Bernay
Arrondissements:	3
Cantons:	43
Communes:	675
President of the General Council:	Jean-Louis Destans PS
Statistics
Population	Ranked 44th
-1999	541,054
Population density:	90/km2
Land area¹:	6040 km2
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

Eure is a department in the north of France named after the river Eure.

History

Eure is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Normandy.

Geography

Eure is part of the current region of Haute-Normandie and is surrounded by the departments of Seine-Maritime, Oise, Val-d'Oise, Yvelines, Eure-et-Loir, Orne, and Calvados.

The department is a largely wooded plateau intersected by the valleys of the Seine River and its tributaries.

The altitude varies from sea level to 248 metres in the south.

Politics

The President of the General Council is Jean-Louis Destans of the Socialist Party.

Tourism

The main tourist attraction is Giverny (4 km from Vernon) where Claude Monet's house and garden can be seen, as well as other places of interest (see Websites, below).

The Abbey of Bec and the Château-Gaillard near Les Andelys are other important tourist attractions.

Château de Beaumesnil

Château de Gisors

Giverny: Claude Monet's house

See also

• Cantons of the Eure department
• Communes of the Eure department
• Arrondissements of the Eure department
• Château d'Harcourt
• Château de Gisors

External links

• (French) General Council website
• (French) Prefecture website
• (French) Village Arnières sur Iton website
• (English) Giverny Vernon : In the Heart of Impressionism

Coordinates: 49°05′N 01°0′E / 49.083°N 1°E / 49.083; 1