Eure

Eure
Department of France
Claude Monet's garden and water-lily pond in Giverny, near Yvelines, subject of a series of famous paintings
Communes		585
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Eure (/ɜːr/ ur; French pronunciation: [œʁ]) is a department in Normandy in Northwestern France, named after the river Eure. Its prefecture is Évreux. In 2021, Eure had a population of 598,934.^[3]

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

In the wake of

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. It also has a short coastline within the Atlantic Ocean across the Seine estuary. It is the only Normand department to border the region of Île-de-France.

The department is a largely wooded plateau intersected by the valleys of the river Seine and its tributaries. The altitude varies from sea level in the north to 248 metres above it in the south.

Principal towns

The most populous commune is Évreux, the prefecture. As of 2019, there are 5 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants:^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1791 385,206 —     1801 402,796 +0.45% 1806 421,344 +0.90% 1821 416,178 −0.08% 1831 424,248 +0.19% 1841 425,780 +0.04% 1851 415,777 −0.24% 1861 398,661 −0.42% 1872 377,874 −0.49% 1881 364,291 −0.41% 1891 349,471 −0.41% 1901 334,781 −0.43% 1911 323,651 −0.34% 1921 303,159 −0.65%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1931 305,788 +0.09% 1936 303,829 −0.13% 1946 315,902 +0.39% 1954 332,514 +0.64% 1962 361,943 +1.07% 1968 383,385 +0.96% 1975 422,952 +1.41% 1982 462,323 +1.28% 1990 513,818 +1.33% 1999 541,054 +0.58% 2006 567,223 +0.68% 2011 588,111 +0.73% 2016 602,825 +0.50%
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Politics

The President of the Departmental Council is Sébastien Lecornu of

Presidential elections 2nd round

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

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

References

External links

• (in French) Departmental Council website
• (in French) Prefecture website
• (in English) Eure Tourisme