Country France Subprefectures Les Andelys
Bernay Department number 27 Area 6,040 km² Population 595,043 (2013) Team Évreux Volley-ball | Region Normandy Time zone CET (UTC+1) Arrondissements 3 Prefecture Évreux Capital Évreux | |
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Points of interest Château du Champ de Bataille, Bec Abbey, Château d'Harcourt, Évreux Cathedral, Château Gaillard Destinations Giverny, Vernon, Évreux, Verneuil‑sur‑Avre, Bernay | ||
Eure ([œʁ]) is a department in the north of France named after the river Eure.
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Map of Eure, France
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.
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 the post-republican régime. In the event fewer than 100 government opponents in Eure were arrested.
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.
The department is a largely wooded plateau intersected by the valleys of the Seine River and its tributaries.
The altitude varies from sea level in the north to 248 metres above it in the south.
Politics
The President of the General Council is Jean-Louis Destans of the Socialist Party.
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 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.