Eure ( / ɜːr / ur ; French pronunciation: [œʁ] ; Norman : Eure or Eûre ) is a department in the administrative region of Normandy , northwestern France , named after the river Eure . Its prefecture is Évreux . In 2021, Eure had a population of 598,934.
6-694: The Roumois ( French: [ʁumwa] ) is a region in the northwestern part of the Eure département in Normandy , France . It is a plateau situated southwest of Rouen . Its northern boundary is the Seine downstream of Elbeuf , its western boundary is the Risle valley. The plain of Le Neubourg lies to the south. The main towns of the Roumois are Bourg-Achard and Bourgtheroulde-Infreville . The landscape
12-468: Is Sébastien Lecornu of La République En Marche! . 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
18-592: Is similar to that of the Pays de Caux on the north side of the Seine. The economy is mainly based on agriculture, but it is also influenced by the nearby Rouen agglomeration . Encyclopédie Méthodique 49°22′N 0°46′E / 49.36°N 0.76°E / 49.36; 0.76 Eure Eure is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It
24-532: The post-republican régime. In the event fewer than 100 government opponents in Eure were arrested. 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
30-473: 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. The most populous commune is Évreux , the prefecture. As of 2019, there are 5 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants: The President of the Departmental Council
36-422: 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
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