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Eure

 
 
Eure (ör) , department (1990 pop. 519,800), N France, in Normandy. Évreux is the capital.


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Eure
Coat of arms of the Eure department
Location
Location of Eure in France
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 Eure River.

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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.

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.

See also

External links

Coordinates: 49°05′N 00°60′E / 49.083°N 1°E / 49.083; 1


 
 

 

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