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 provinces of France, province of Normandy. The name in fact is taken from the Eure river flowing mainly in this department. After the allied victory at Battle of Waterloo, Waterloo, Eure was occupied by Prussian Prussian army, troops between June 1815 and November 1818. In the wake of Louis-Napoléons French coup of 1851, December coup of 1851, Eure was one of the departments placed under a :fr:État de siège (France), state of emergency in order to avert resistance to the Second French Empire, post-republican régime. In the event fewer than 100 government opponents in Eure were arrested.:fr:Jacques Olivier Boudon, Jacques Olivier Boudon, ''Les Bonaparte : regards sur la France impériale''. La Documentation photographique, dossier 8073, janvier-février 2010, p. 11 (carte de Gilles Pécout)Geography
Eure is part of the current regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and is surrounded by the departments of Seine-Maritime, Oise, Val-d'Oise, Yvelines, Eure-et-Loir, Orne, and Calvados (department), Calvados. It also has a short coastline within the Atlantic Ocean across the Seine estuary. 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:Demographics
Politics
The President of the Departmental Council is Sébastien Lecornu of La République En Marche!.Presidential elections 2nd round
Current National Assembly Representatives
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.See also
*Cantons of the Eure department *Communes of the Eure department *Arrondissements of the Eure department *Château d'Harcourt *Château de GisorsReferences
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