Évreux

Coordinates: 49°01′N 1°09′E / 49.02°N 1.15°E / 49.02; 1.15
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Évreux
Prefecture and commune
River Iton
Coat of arms of Évreux
Location of Évreux
Map
Évreux is located in France
Évreux
Évreux
Évreux is located in Normandy
Évreux
Évreux
Coordinates: 49°01′N 1°09′E / 49.02°N 1.15°E / 49.02; 1.15
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentEure
ArrondissementÉvreux
CantonÉvreux-1, 2 and 3
IntercommunalityCA 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
 • Density1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
27229 /27000
Elevation58–146 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

Gallo Roman
man, from Évreux, 250-275 AD

In

Mediolanum Aulercorum, "the central town of the Aulerci", the Gallic tribe then inhabiting the area. Mediolanum was a small regional centre of the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis. Julius Caesar
wintered eight legions in this area after his third campaigning season in the battle for Gaul (56-55 BC): Legiones VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII and XIV.

Middle Ages

The first known members of the family of the counts of

Philip the Long raised the county of Évreux into the peerage of France in 1317.[3]

Brie to King Charles VI of France in 1404.[3] In 1427 the county of Évreux was bestowed by King Charles VII on Sir John Stewart of Darnley (c. 1365–1429), the commander of his Scottish bodyguard, who in 1423 had received the seigniory of Aubigny
, and in February 1427 or 1428 he was granted the right to quarter the royal arms of France for his victories over the English. On Stuart's death before Orléans, during an attack on an English convoy, the county reverted to the crown.

Modernity

The countship was again temporarily alienated (1569–1584) as an appanage for Duke

.

Évreux was heavily damaged during the

French Air Force
.

12th-century nave of the former abbey church of Saint-Taurin

Name

The French name Évreux is derived from the

Gaulish eburo meaning 'yew tree'.[4]

Demographics

The inhabitants of Évreux are known as Ebroicians (French: Ébroïciens).

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 8,000—    
1800 8,426+0.74%
1806 9,511+2.04%
1821 9,728+0.15%
1831 9,963+0.24%
1836 10,287+0.64%
1841 11,706+2.62%
1846 11,802+0.16%
1851 12,877+1.76%
1856 12,227−1.03%
1861 12,265+0.06%
1866 12,320+0.09%
1872 13,350+1.35%
1876 14,627+2.31%
1881 15,847+1.62%
1886 16,755+1.12%
1891 16,932+0.21%
1896 17,766+0.97%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 18,292+0.59%
1906 18,971+0.73%
1911 18,957−0.01%
1921 18,234−0.39%
1926 18,841+0.66%
1931 19,315+0.50%
1936 20,116+0.82%
1946 20,436+0.16%
1954 23,647+1.84%
1962 36,695+5.65%
1968 42,550+2.50%
1975 47,412+1.56%
1982 46,045−0.42%
1990 49,103+0.81%
1999 51,198+0.47%
2007 51,485+0.07%
2012 49,634−0.73%
2017 47,733−0.78%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

Catholicism

Évreux Cathedral

hôtel de ville
also dates from the fifteenth century.

Judaism

In the Middle Ages, Évreux was one of the centres of Jewish learning,

Megillot with the Targum for Moses ben Samuel.[8]

Sights

Évreux Town hall (Hôtel de Ville)
Église Saint-Taurin

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

Richard the Lion-hearted damaged the new cathedral. The architecture of the present edifice shows this history, with its blend of Romanesque and Gothic styles. As did many towns in the regions of Nord and Normandy
, Évreux and its cathedral suffered greatly from Second World War.

At

Jupiter Stator
, which are now deposited in the museum of Évreux.

Administration

Cantons

Since 2015, Évreux is part of three cantons:[11][12]

Mayors

Évreux has historically maintained socialist politics, with Roland Plaisance of the

National Assembly of France
, was elected mayor, with a mandate lasting six years.

Transport

The train station

Gare d'Évreux-Normandie is on the railway line from Gare Saint-Lazare to Cherbourg, it is served by regular Intercity and regional rail services to both Paris and Normandy. There used to be two stations in Évreux, only one of which remains open to this day. The second station (Évreux-Nord) served the line from Évreux to Rouen
.

Geography

The city is on the Iton river.

Climate

Climate data for Évreux (1981–2010 averages)
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

Twin towns – sister cities

Évreux is twinned with:[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Évreux". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 37–38.
  4. doi:10.1093/acref/9780191905636.001.0001. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
    )
  5. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Évreux, EHESS (in French).
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 19 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE
  7. ^ Chisholm 1911.
  8. ^
    Jewish Encyclopedia
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Zunz, Z. G. p. 38, designates him erroneously "Samuel, son of R. Yom-Tov")
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ Populations légales 2019: 27 Eure Archived 5 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE
  13. ^ "Données climatiques de la station de Évreux" (in French). Meteo France. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  14. ^ "Climat Haute-Normandie" (in French). Meteo France. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  15. ^ Semaḳ No. 154
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "Jumelage". evreux.fr (in French). Évreux. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2019.

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