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Eure River
The Eure (; ) is a river between Normandy and Centre-Val de Loire in north-western France, left tributary of the Seine. It is long. It rises at Marchainville in the Orne department and joins the Seine near Pont-de-l'Arche. Two departments are named after the Eure, namely Eure and Eure-et-Loir. Places along the river: * Orne (61): Marchainville, La Lande-sur-Eure, Neuilly-sur-Eure. * Eure-et-Loir (28): Courville-sur-Eure, Saint-Georges-sur-Eure, Fontenay-sur-Eure, Chartres, Saint-Prest, Maintenon, Nogent-le-Roi, Mézières-en-Drouais, Cherisy, Anet. * Eure (27): Évreux, Ivry-la-Bataille, Garennes-sur-Eure, Bueil, Merey, Pacy-sur-Eure, Ménilles, Chambray, Croisy-sur-Eure, Autheuil-Authouillet, Acquigny, Louviers, Le Vaudreuil, Val de Reuil, Pont-de-l'Arche, Martot. Its main tributaries are the Avre, the Iton Iton () is a river in Normandy, France, left tributary of the river Eure. It is long. Its source is near Moulins-la-Marche. For about 10 km ...
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Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and the Channel Islands (mostly the British Crown Dependencies). It covers . Its population is 3,499,280. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans, and the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language. Large settlements include Rouen, Caen, Le Havre and Cherbourg. The cultural region of Normandy is roughly similar to the historical Duchy of Normandy, which includes small areas now part of the departments of Mayenne and Sarthe. The Channel Islands (French: ''ÃŽles Anglo-Normandes'') are also historically part of Normandy; they cover and comprise two bailiwicks: Guernsey and Jersey, which are B ...
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Saint-Prest
Saint-Prest () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. Population Notable people * Madeleine Castaing (1894–1992), antiques dealer and interior designer, spent her childhood at Villa des Roses, 30 rue de la République. See also *Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department The following is a list of the 365 communes of the Eure-et-Loir department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Eure-et-Loir {{EureLoir-geo-stub ...
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Chambray
Chambray () is a commune in the Eure department of northern France, 13 km northeast of Évreux on the north bank of the river Eure. The Château de Chambray, in the north of the commune, is the ancestral home of the Marquis de Venevelles d'Espagne. Population See also *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 {{Eure-geo-stub ...
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Ménilles
Ménilles () is a commune in the Eure department in the Normandy region in northern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Population See also * Communes of the Eure department References Communes of Eure {{Eure-geo-stub ...
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Pacy-sur-Eure
Pacy-sur-Eure (, literally ''Pacy on Eure'') is a commune in the Eure department, Normandy, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Saint-Aquilin-de-Pacy was merged into Pacy-sur-Eure.Arrêté préfectoral
3 August 2016


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Merey, Eure
Merey () is a commune in the Eure department of the Normandy region in northern France. History As Madrie (''Pagus Madriensis'', later pays de Merey) it was a ''pagus'' in the north of Gaul lying between the Seine river and the rivers Eure and Iton. At the beginning of the fifth century, when the ''Notitia provinciarum'' was compiled, it was a Roman administrative division or ''pagus'' of Provincia Lugdunensis Secunda. In the ninth-century Carolingian Empire. In 822, Pepin, king of Aquitaine married Ingeltrude (also called Engelberga, Hringard, or Ringart), daughter of Theodobert, count of Madrie (c. 800-after 876), who was a son of Nibelung (Nivelan) of the royal house of the Burgundians. It became part of Normandy in the 10th century and is now in the region called Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a ...
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Bueil
Bueil () is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Population See also * Communes of the Eure department References Communes of Eure {{Eure-geo-stub ...
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Garennes-sur-Eure
Garennes-sur-Eure (, literally ''Garennes on Eure'') is a commune in the Eure department in northern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... The 19th-century French painter Alfred-Henri Bramtot (1852–1894) died in Garennes-sur-Eure. Population See also * Communes of the Eure department References External links Official site Communes of Eure {{Eure-geo-stub ...
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Ivry-la-Bataille
Ivry-la-Bataille () is a commune in the Eure Department in the Normandy region in northern France. Ivry-la-Bataille was formerly known as Ivry. History King Henry IV of France won the Battle of Ivry near Ivry on 14 March 1590. The place was renamed ''Ivry-la-Bataille'' (''Ivry-the-Battle'') to commemorate the battle and to distinguish the town from Ivry-sur-Seine. Geography Ivry-la-Bataille is located on the river Eure in Normandy and about thirty miles (50 km) west of Paris, at the boundary between the ÃŽle-de-France and the Beauce regions. Population Sights * Château d'Ivry-la-Bataille See also *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):
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Évreux
Évreux () is a commune in and the capital of the department of Eure, in the French region of Normandy. Geography The city is on the Iton river. Climate History In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century CE, was named ''Mediolanum Aulercorum'', "the central town of the Aulerci", the Gallic tribe then inhabiting the area. Mediolanum was a small regional centre of the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis. Julius Caesar wintered eight legions in this area after his third campaigning season in the battle for Gaul (56-55 BC): Legiones VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII and XIV. The present-day name of ''Évreux'' originates from the Gallic tribe of Eburovices, literally ''Those who overcome by the yew?'', from the Gaulish root '' eburos''. Counts of Évreux The first known members of the family of the counts of Évreux were descended from an illegitimate son of Richard I, duke of Normandy; these counts became extinct in the male line with the death of Count ...
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Anet
Anet () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It lies 14 km north-northeast of Dreux between the rivers Eure and Vesgre, the latter flowing into the former some 4 km northeast of Anet town hall. History The town possesses the remains of a castle, the ''Château d'Anet'', built in the middle of the 16th century by Henry II for Diana of Poitiers. Near it is the plain of Ivry-la-Bataille, where Henry IV defeated the armies of the Catholic League in 1590. Demographics Popular culture The opening scene of the James Bond film "Thunderball" was shot in Anet.


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Cherisy
Cherisy () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department The following is a list of the 365 communes of the Eure-et-Loir department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Eure-et-Loir {{EureLoir-geo-stub ...
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