river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
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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 ...
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Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley ...
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France
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Orne
Orne (; nrf, Ôrne or ) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.department and joins the
Pont-de-l'Arche
Pont-de-l'Arche () is a commune of the Eure ''département'' in France. Notable monuments include the parish church of Notre-Dame-des-Arts, which was built in the late Flamboyant style.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Eure department
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. Two departments are named after the Eure, namely
Eure
Eure () is a department in Normandy in Northwestern France, named after the river Eure. Its prefecture is Évreux. In 2019, Eure had a population of 599,507.Eure-et-Loir
Eure-et-Loir (, locally: ) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. It is located in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. In 2019, Eure-et-Loir had a population of 431,575.Orne
Orne (; nrf, Ôrne or ) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.Marchainville, La Lande-sur-Eure,
Neuilly-sur-Eure
Neuilly-sur-Eure (, literally ''Neuilly on Eure'') is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Longny les Villages.Eure-et-Loir
Eure-et-Loir (, locally: ) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. It is located in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. In 2019, Eure-et-Loir had a population of 431,575.Courville-sur-Eure, Saint-Georges-sur-Eure, Fontenay-sur-Eure,
Chartres
Chartres () is the prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France. It is located about southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 170,763 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Chartres (as d ...
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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 Républiqu ...
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Maintenon
Maintenon () is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located southwest of the center of Paris.
Maintenon, together with the neighbouring commune of Pierres, form an urban area of 7,075 inhabitants (2017).Nogent-le-Roi
Nogent-le-Roi () is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Eure-et-Loir in the Centre-Val de Loire Regions of France, region in France.
It is located 27 kilometres north of Chartres and 18 kilometres south-east ...
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 co ...
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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 no ...
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Eure
Eure () is a department in Normandy in Northwestern France, named after the river Eure. Its prefecture is Évreux. In 2019, Eure had a population of 599,507.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 ...
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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 re ...
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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 over ...
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Bueil
Bueil () is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France
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Pacy-sur-Eure
Pacy-sur-Eure (, literally ''Pacy on Eure'') is a commune in the Eure department, Normandy, France
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Ménilles
Ménilles () is a commune in the Eure department in the Normandy region in northern France
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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 ...
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Croisy-sur-Eure
Croisy-sur-Eure (, literally ''Croisy on Eure'') is a commune in the Eure department in northern France
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Autheuil-Authouillet
Autheuil-Authouillet () is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. It was the home of Simone Signoret and Yves Montand
Ivo Livi (), better known as Yves Montand (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), was an Italia ...
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Acquigny
Acquigny () is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France
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Louviers
Louviers () is a Communes of France, commune in the Eure Departments of France, department in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy in north-western France.
Louviers is from Paris and from Rouen.
Population
History
Prehistory
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Le Vaudreuil
Le Vaudreuil () is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.
On 15 April 1969 the commune of Notre-Dame-du-Vaudreuil was joined with that of Saint-Cyr-du-Vaudreuil to form the present Le Vaudreuil.
A bronze statue of the ...
Pont-de-l'Arche
Pont-de-l'Arche () is a commune of the Eure ''département'' in France. Notable monuments include the parish church of Notre-Dame-des-Arts, which was built in the late Flamboyant style.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Eure department
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Martot
Martot () is a commune in the Eure department in the Normandy region in northern France. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Eure and Seine.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Eure department
The following is a list of the 585 ...
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 between Orvaux and Glisolles, it disappears and pursues a subterranean course.
The Iton flows t ...