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Eure
Department
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Eure in France
Coordinates: 49°5′N 1°0′E / 49.083°N 1.000°E / 49.083; 1.000Coordinates: 49°5′N 1°0′E / 49.083°N 1.000°E / 49.083; 1.000
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Prefecture	Évreux
Subprefectures	Les Andelys Bernay
Government
• President of the General Council	Jean-Louis Destans (PS)
Area 1
• Total	6,040 km2 (2,330 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	602,825
• Rank	43rd
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number	27
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	23
Communes	596
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Eure (French pronunciation: ​[œʁ]) 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. The name in fact is taken from the Eure river flowing mainly in this department.

After the allied victory at Waterloo, Eure was occupied by Prussian troops between June 1815 and November 1818.

In the wake of Louis-Napoléons December coup of 1851, Eure was one of the departments placed under a state of emergency in order to avert resistance to the post-republican régime. In the event fewer than 100 government opponents in Eure were arrested.^[1]

Geography

Eure is part of the current region of Normandy 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 in the north to 248 metres above it in the south.

Politics

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

Current National Assembly Representatives

Tourism

The main tourist attraction is Giverny (4 km (2.49 mi) from Vernon) where Claude Monet's house and garden can be seen, as well as other places of interest (see external links, below).

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

The Château of Buisson de May was built by the royal architect Jacques Denis Antoine from 1781 to 1783.

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  Évreux
  

  
  


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  Château de Beaumesnil
  

  
  


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  Château de Gisors
  

  
  


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  Giverny: Claude Monet's house
  

  
  


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  Les Andelys
  

  
  


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  Louviers: Church of Notre-Dame de Louviers
  
  

  
  


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  Château de Gaillon
  

  
  

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

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  (in French) General Council website
  


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  (in French) Prefecture website
  


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  (in French) Village Arnières sur Iton website
  


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  (in English) Giverny Vernon : In the Heart of Impressionism
  


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  (in English) Château du Buisson de May
  

Sources and further reading