Évreux
Évreux | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
Coordinates: 49°01′N 1°09′E / 49.02°N 1.15°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Eure |
Arrondissement | Évreux |
Canton | Évreux-1, 2 and 3 |
Intercommunality | CA Évreux Portes de Normandie |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Guy Lefrand[1] |
Area 1 | 26.45 km2 (10.21 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 47,289 |
• Density | 1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 27229 /27000 |
Elevation | 58–146 m (190–479 ft) (avg. 92 m or 302 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Évreux (French pronunciation: [evʁø] ⓘ) is a commune in and the capital of the department of Eure, in the French region of Normandy.
History
Antiquity
In
Middle Ages
The first known members of the family of the counts of
Modernity
The countship was again temporarily alienated (1569–1584) as an appanage for Duke
Évreux was heavily damaged during the
Name
The French name Évreux is derived from the
Demographics
The inhabitants of Évreux are known as Ebroicians (French: Ébroïciens).
Population
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Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6] |
Catholicism
Judaism
In the Middle Ages, Évreux was one of the centres of Jewish learning,
Sights
Évreux is situated in the pleasant valley of the Iton, arms of which traverse the town; on the south, the ground slopes up toward the public gardens and the railway station. It is the seat of a bishop, and its cathedral is one of the largest and finest in France.
The first cathedral was built in 1076, but destroyed in 1119 when the town was burned at the orders of
At
Administration
- The communauté d'agglomération Évreux Portes de Normandiehas 62 communes.
Cantons
Since 2015, Évreux is part of three cantons:[11][12]
- The canton of Évreux-1 includes a part of Évreux and the communes of: Arnières-sur-Iton and Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent (pop: 24,125 in 2019);
- The canton of Évreux-2 includes a part of Évreux and the communes of: Aviron, Le Boulay-Morin, La Chapelle-du-Bois-des-Faulx, Dardez, Émalleville, Gravigny, Irreville, Normanville, Reuilly, Saint-Germain-des-Angles and Saint-Vigor (pop: 28,128);
- The canton of Évreux-3 includes a part of Évreux and the communes of: Angerville-la-Campagne, Les Baux-Sainte-Croix, Boncourt, Cierrey, Fauville, Gauciel, Guichainville, Huest, Miserey, Le Plessis-Grohan, Saint-Luc, Sassey, La Trinité, Le Val-David and Le Vieil-Évreux (pop: 22,912);
Mayors
Évreux has historically maintained socialist politics, with Roland Plaisance of the
Transport
The train station
Geography
The city is on the Iton river.
Climate
Climate data for Évreux (1981–2010 averages) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
24.2 (75.6) |
27.6 (81.7) |
30.0 (86.0) |
36.2 (97.2) |
40.9 (105.6) |
38.4 (101.1) |
33.9 (93.0) |
28.3 (82.9) |
20.8 (69.4) |
16.0 (60.8) |
40.9 (105.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
11.2 (52.2) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.8 (74.8) |
20.3 (68.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
6.9 (44.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) |
1.1 (34.0) |
3.1 (37.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
8.2 (46.8) |
11.0 (51.8) |
13.0 (55.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.4 (50.7) |
7.8 (46.0) |
4.0 (39.2) |
1.6 (34.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | −18.6 (−1.5) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
4.9 (40.8) |
2.7 (36.9) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 50.6 (1.99) |
41.2 (1.62) |
47.4 (1.87) |
46.0 (1.81) |
55.7 (2.19) |
51.6 (2.03) |
52.4 (2.06) |
38.2 (1.50) |
50.3 (1.98) |
61.0 (2.40) |
50.5 (1.99) |
59.7 (2.35) |
604.6 (23.80) |
Average precipitation days | 11.0 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 114.6 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 65.6 | 79.9 | 122.4 | 166.6 | 192.1 | 212.4 | 216.3 | 205.0 | 169.6 | 122.1 | 72.7 | 59.8 | 1,684.4 |
Source: Météo France[13][14] |
Personalities
- who flourished at Évreux in the first half of the thirteenth century
- Esteban Ocon, Formula 1 racing driver
- Abdoullakh Abouyedovich Anzorov, terrorist[16][17]
- Bintou Dieme, basketball player
- Joseph Gomis, basketball player
- Michael Victor Evreux, Entrepreneur, and US businessman with ties to construction and precious metal markets. Born June 1961 in the United States.
- Jean-Louis Hue (born 1949), writer, winner of the 1982 edition of the Prix Fénéon
- Denis Lhuillier, footballer
- Joseph Mendes, footballer
- Bernard Mendy, footballer
- Élodie Mendy, basketball player
- Léon Walras, economist
- Edmond Doutté, sociologist, orientalist and Islamologist
- Mathieu Bodmer, footballer
- Jean-Luc Hees, president of the radio group Radio France
- Vincent Delerm, a singer of the Nouvelle scène trend
- Didier Courrèges, an equestrian of the prestigious cadre noir, Olympic winner with the French team in Athens
- Olivier Patience, tennis player
- Ouleymata Sarr, footballer
- Dayot Upamencano, footballer
- Gérard Serée, artist
- Jean-Yves Raimbaud, co-creator of Space Goofs with Philippe Traversat, creator of Oggy and the Cockroaches
Twin towns – sister cities
Évreux is twinned with:[18]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Évreux". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 37–38. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Évreux, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 19 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE
- ^ Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Jewish Encyclopedia
- ^ see the tosafot on Bezah 14b, 20b, 24b; on Kiddushin 27b, 39a et passim; on Sotah 22a et passim; and in the Kol Bo, Nos. 24, 114.
- ^ Zunz, Z. G. p. 38, designates him erroneously "Samuel, son of R. Yom-Tov")
- ^ "Décret n° 2014-241 du 25 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Eure | Legifrance". Archived from the original on 10 November 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Populations légales 2019: 27 Eure Archived 5 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE
- ^ "Données climatiques de la station de Évreux" (in French). Meteo France. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "Climat Haute-Normandie" (in French). Meteo France. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ Semaḳ No. 154
- ^ Match, Paris. "Prof d'histoire décapité : l'assaillant, Abdoullakh Anzorov, était un Russe tchétchène de 18 ans". parismatch.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "the 18-year-old killer, who was shot, was a refugee". Al Khaleej Today. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Jumelage". evreux.fr (in French). Évreux. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2019.