The Eure (department)

See also: the Eure

The the Eure ( 27 ) is a department French, one of the five departments resulting from the cutting of the old province of Normandy. It draws its name from the the Eure, river which crosses it before joining the Seine.

History

detailed Article: History of the Eure

The department was created with the French revolution, the March 4th 1790 pursuant to the law of the December 22nd 1789, starting from part of the province of Normandy.

The department was initially divided into six districts (Évreux, Andelys, Bernay, Louviers, Pont-Audemer and Verneuil) in 1790 then in five districts starting from 1800: Évreux, Bernay, Andelys, Louviers and Pont-Audemer. The two last were removed in 1926, that of Pont-Audemer being attached to Bernay and that of Louviers divided between Andelys and Évreux.

Policy

detailed Article: Political of the Eure

  • List of the deputies of the Eure

  • List of the senators of the Eure
  • List of the general advisers of the Eure
  • List of the prefects of the Eure
  • Common of the Eure
  • Old communes of the Eure

Geography

detailed Article: Geography of the Eure

The Eure belongs to the area High-Normandy. It is bordering on the departments of the Seine-Maritime, of the Oise, the Val-d'Oise, the Yvelines, Eure-et-Loir, the Orne and the Calvados.

Notable cities: Évreux, Vernon, Louviers, Bernay, Andelys, Pont-Audemer, Gisors, Gaillon, Verneuil-sur-Avre, Valley-with-Reuil.

Climate

detailed Article: Climate of the Eure

Economy

detailed Article: Economy of the Eure

Agriculture

The Agriculture is an important economic sector which occupies a total of 3.850 km ² (63% of the surface of the department), that is to say:
  • 3.080 km ² of arable lands including 2.415 (80%) for the cultures of Cereal S, Oleaginous and Protéagineux;
  • 742 km ² of surfaces always out of grass;
  • the remainder occupied by the permanent crops: Orchard S, Seedbed S…

Demography

detailed Article: Demography of the Eure

Population (1999): 541.263
Population (1990): 513.818
Variation of population 1990 - 1999: + 27.445 hab.
Balance naturalness 1990 - 1999: + 22.950 hab.
Migratory balance 1990 - 1999: + 4.286 hab.
Average annual rate of variation of the population 1990 - 1999: +0,6%
Density: 90 hab. /km ²

The inhabitants of the Eure are called Eurois.

Population of the main cities to the census of 1999:

Culture

detailed Article: Culture in the Eure

Tourism

detailed Article: Tourism in the Eure

The Eure does not have maritime coast, and only some places present a “spectacular” character, such as the site of Castle-Strapping man close to the Andelys or the Point of the Castling which dominates the estuary of the the Seine downstream from the Pont of Tancarville. The Eure profits on the other hand from preserved enough landscapes of industrialization and the urbanization, from large forests, typical campaigns with fresh valleys and towns of average or small importance which knew to preserve their charm and their character.

Tourism which is practiced there is rather tourism of weekend, and this department is supported by its proximity of Paris and its situation on the road of the beaches of the Calvados. Moreover much from its inhabitants go in makes work in the Paris region, in the agglomerations rouennaise, havraise or in industries based, in Seine-Maritime, along the river.

Principal monuments

  • religious Monuments:

    • Cathedral Notre-Dame d' Évreux
    • Collegial Notre-Dame Abbey of the Nozzle
    • Notre-Dame d' Écouis
    • Church of the Madeleine (Verneuil)
    • Abbey of Bernay
    • Collegial Notre-Dame of Vernon

  • Works of art

    • Bridge of Tancarville (southern bank of the Seine)

Religions

For the Catholic church, the department corresponds to current the Diocèse of Évreux which forms part, like the other Norman dioceses, of the ecclesiastical Province of Rouen.

The Eure is the French department which preserved the greatest number of brotherhoods of charity.

All second Sunday of September, the Mauritians of all the communities and all the religions find themselves with Pinterville where Jacques-Desired Laval, the “Saint” of Mauritius exerted his Ministry during two years.

Internal bonds

  • List of bridges of the Eure

External bonds

  • Prefecture of the Eure
  • General advice of the Eure
  • Friendly of the Monuments and Sites of the Eure
  • '' Paris-Normandy '', local newspaper

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