Eure
Eure () is a department in Normandy in Northwestern France, named after the river Eure. Its prefecture is Évreux. In 2019, Eure had a population of 599,507.department
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On 23 August 1944, the first Recon Platoon of the 823rd Tank Destroyer Bn., 30th Infantry Division was ordered to recon the village of Miserey, 8 km (5 mi) east of Évreux. Proceeding, the platoon found the town occupied by the German Army. A small-scale battle ensued, ending with 20 enemy KIA and 40 POWs. The Battalion Command Post (CP) was established in a small château there at 3:30 p.m.Raney, TL handwritten notes pertaining to personal experience in WWII as platoon leader of 1st Recon Platoon, 823rd TDbn.
The first Recon Platoon claims credit for the liberation of Miserey. The village has a monument to Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman, the pioneering balloonists who flew the '' Double Eagle II'' across the Atlantic Ocean from Presque Isle, Maine, United States, landing in Miserey on the 17 August 1978.
In popular culture
Miserey is portrayed in the 2017 thriller ministries ''
La Mante
''La Mante'' () is a French thriller miniseries, that debuted on Netflix on 30 December 2017 after airing on TF1 during September 2017. It was released on Netflix France on 13 October 2017.
Premise
In Paris, police search for a psychopath whose ...
'' as Damien Carrot's childhood hometown.
Population
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Communes of the Eure department
The following is a list of the 585 communes of the Eure department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Eure