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| Coat of arms of the Eure department | |
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| Department number: | 27 |
| Region: | Haute-Normandie |
| Prefecture: | Évreux |
| Subprefectures: | Les Andelys Bernay |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 43 |
| Communes: | 675 |
| President of the General Council: | Jean-Louis Destans PS |
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| Population | Ranked 44th |
| -1999 | 541,054 |
| Population density: | 90/km² |
| Land area¹: | 6040 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
Eure is a department in the north of France named after the Eure River.
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History
Eure is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Normandy.
The local dialect of the Norman language is known as Augeron.
Geography
Eure is part of the current region of Haute-Normandie 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 cut by the valleys of the Seine River and its tributaries.
The altitude varies from sea level to 248 meters in the south.
Tourism
The main tourist attraction is Giverny (4 km from Vernon) where Claude Monet's house and garden can be seen, as well as other places of interest (see Websites, below).
The Abbey of Bec and the Château-Gaillard near Les Andelys are other important tourist attractions.
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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
- (French) General Council website
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) Village Arnières sur Iton website
- (English) Giverny Vernon : In the Heart of Impressionism
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