Eure
Eure | |
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Claude Monet's garden and water-lily pond in Giverny, near Yvelines, subject of a series of famous paintings | |
Location of Eure in France | |
| Coordinates: 49°5′N 1°0′E / 49.083°N 1.000°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Prefecture | Évreux |
| Subprefectures | Les Andelys Bernay |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Alexandre Rassaërt (DVD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,040 km2 (2,330 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 601,305 |
| • Rank | 43rd |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-27 |
| Department number | 27 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 23 |
| Communes | 585 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
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Eure (/ɜːr/ UR; French pronunciation: [œʁ]; Norman: Eure or Eûre) is a department in the administrative region of Normandy, northwestern France, named after the river Eure. Its prefecture is Évreux. In 2021, Eure had a population of 598,934.