Eure

French depairtment

Eure (French pronunciation: ​[œʁ]) is a department in the north o Fraunce named efter the river Eure.

Eure
Banner o Eure
Banner
Coat of airms o Eure
Coat airms
Location o Eure in Fraunce
Location o Eure in Fraunce
Coordinates: 49°5′N 1°0′E / 49.083°N 1.000°E / 49.083; 1.000Coordinates: 49°5′N 1°0′E / 49.083°N 1.000°E / 49.083; 1.000
KintraFraunce
RegionNormandy
PrefecturÉvreux
SubprefectursLes Andelys
Bernay
Govrenment
 • Preses o the General CooncilJean-Louis Destans (PS)
Area
 • Total6040 km2 (2,330 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
 • Total541,054
 • Rank44t
 • Density90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Depairtment nummer27
Arrondissements3
Cantons23
Communes675
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers laurger nor 1 km2