Eure

 ( 1790 Establishments In France ) 

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. Populations légales 2019: 27 Eure, INSEE

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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 Waterloo, Eure was occupied by Prussian army between June 1815 and November 1818.

In the wake of Louis-Napoléon's December coup of 1851, Eure was one of the departments placed under a state of emergency in order to avert resistance to the post-republican régime. In the event fewer than 100 government opponents in Eure were arrested.Jacques Olivier Boudon, Les Bonaparte : regards sur la France impériale. La Documentation photographique, dossier 8073, janvier-février 2010, p. 11 (carte de Gilles Pécout)

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Geography 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.

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

Évreux	46,349
Vernon	23,727
Louviers	18,518
Val-de-Reuil	12,910
Gisors	11,696

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Demographics

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Politics

The President of the Departmental Council is Sébastien Lecornu of La République En Marche!.

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Presidential elections 2nd round

	2022	Emmanuel Macron	LREM	48.62	Marine Le Pen	National Rally	51.38
	2017	Emmanuel Macron	LREM	54.35	Marine Le Pen	FN	45.65
	2012	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	52.45	François Hollande	PS	47.55
	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	57.37	Ségolène Royal	PS	42.63
	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	78.22	Jean-Marie Le Pen	National Rally	21.78

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Current National Assembly Representatives

	Eure's 1st constituency	Séverine Gipson	La République En Marche!
	Eure's 2nd constituency	Fabien Gouttefarde	La République En Marche!
	Eure's 3rd constituency	Marie Tamarelle-Verhaeghe	La République En Marche!
	Eure's 4th constituency	Bruno Questel	La République En Marche!
	Eure's 5th constituency	Claire O'Petit	La République En Marche!

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Tourism

The main tourist attraction is Giverny ( 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 the royal architect Jacques Denis Antoine from 1781 to 1783.

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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

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External links

• Departmental Council website
• Prefecture website
• Eure Tourisme

Categories: 1790 Establishments In France, Departments Of Normandy, States And Territories Established In 1790

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