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Eure is a department in the north of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 named after the Eure River
Eure River

The Eure is a river in northern France, left tributary of the Seine. It rises at Marchainville in the Orne d?partement and joins the Seine near Pont-de-l'Arche....
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Eure is a department in the north of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 named after the Eure River
Eure River

The Eure is a river in northern France, left tributary of the Seine. It rises at Marchainville in the Orne d?partement and joins the Seine near Pont-de-l'Arche....
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History

Eure is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution
French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
 on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province
Provinces of France

The Kingdom of France was organised into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the d?partement in France system superseded provinces....
 of Normandy
Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is situated along the coast of France south of the English Channel between Brittany and Picardy and comprises territory in northern France and the Channel Islands....
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The local dialect of the Norman language
Norman language

Norman is a Romance languages and one of the Langues d'o?l. The northern Norman can be classified in the septentrional O?l languages with Picard language and Walloon language....
 is known as Augeron
Augeron

Augeron is the Norman language dialect of the Pays d'Auge. It is highly endangered. This dialect includes both coastal and inland areas....
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Geography

Eure is part of the current region
Régions of France

France is divided into 26 regions or r?gions , of which 21 are in continental metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, and four lie overseas....
 of Haute-Normandie
Haute-Normandie

Haute-Normandie is one of the 26 regions of France of France. It was created in 1956 from two d?partements: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie....
 and is surrounded by the departments of Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime

Seine-Maritime is a France departments of France in Normandy. Before 1955 it was known as Seine-Inf?rieure....
, Oise
Oise

Oise is a departments of France in the north of France named after the Oise River....
, Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise

Val-d'Oise is a France departments of France named after the Oise River, located in the ?le-de-France regions of France.Charles de Gaulle International Airport, France's main international airport is partially located in Roissy-en-France, a commune of Val d'Oise....
, Yvelines
Yvelines

The Yvelines are a France departments of France in the regions of France of ?le-de-France ....
, Eure-et-Loir
Eure-et-Loir

Eure-et-Loir is a France departments of France, named after the Eure River and Loir River rivers....
, Orne
Orne

Orne is a departments of France in the northwest of France, named after the Orne River....
, and Calvados
Calvados

The France departments of France of Calvados forms part of the regions of France of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the coast....
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The department is a largely wooded plateau cut by the valleys of the Seine River and its tributaries.

The altitude varies from sea level to 248 meters in the south.

Tourism

The main tourist attraction is Giverny
Giverny

Giverny is a commune in France of the Eure Departments of France in northern France. It is best known as the location of Claude Monet's garden and home....
 (4 km from Vernon) where Claude Monet
Claude Monet

Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet was a founder of French impressionism painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting....
's house and garden can be seen, as well as other places of interest (see Websites, below).

The Abbey of Bec and the Château-Gaillard
Château-Gaillard

Ch?teau-Gaillard is a ruined Middle Ages castle, located above the town of Les Andelys, in the Eure d?partement in France of Normandy, France....
 near Les Andelys are other important tourist attractions.

See also

  • Cantons of the Eure department
  • Communes of the Eure department
  • Arrondissements of the Eure department
    Arrondissements of the Eure department

    The 3 Arrondissements of France of the Eure Departments of France are:# Arrondissement of Les Andelys, with 10 Cantons of France and 156 Communes of France....
  • Château d'Harcourt
    Château d'Harcourt

    The Ch?teau d'Harcourt, situated in the Communes in France of Harcourt, Eure in the Eure Departments of France of France, is a masterpiece of medieval architecture....
  • Château de Gisors
    Château de Gisors

    The Ch?teau de Gisors is a castle in the town of Gisors in the d?partment of Eure, France....


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