Eure
Eure ( ; ; or ) 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.department in
Normandy
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in northern
France
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It is one of many villages in the north of France bearing the name ''Estrées''. The etymology of the name is from ''strata'' (
cognate
In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language.
Because language change can have radical effects on both the s ...
of English "street") which developed into "estrée" - the word for the stone-layered
Roman road
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s in the area (some of which turned into modern highways). Hence ''"Mesnil-sur-l'Estrée''", ''"Mesnil On The Road"''.
Population
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Communes of the Eure department
The following is a list of the 585 communes of the Eure department of France
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