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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. On 1 January 2017, in a merge with Tosny and Bernières-sur-Seine (the seat of the commune) it became part of the new commune
Les Trois Lacs
Les Trois Lacs (; literally "The Three Lakes") is a commune in the department of Eure, northern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 in a merge of the former communes of Venables, Bernières-sur-Seine (the seat), and Tosn ...
The village of Venables dates back about 7,000 years. It is situated at the northernmost point of the Madrie Plateau, at an altitude of 124 meters above sea level. The soil consists of alluvium, white chalk, clay, and sand. It overlooks the meandering of the
Seine River
The Seine ( , ) is a river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres p ...
and is built at the crossroads coming from
Les Andelys
Les Andelys (; Norman language, Norman: ''Les Aundelys'') is a Communes of France, commune in the northern French Departments of France, department of Eure, in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy.
Geography
It lies on the Seine, about no ...
to the north,
Gaillon
Gaillon () is a commune in the Eure department in northern France.
History
The origins of Gaillon are not really known. In 892, Rollo, a Viking chief, might have ravaged Gaillon and the region, before he became the first prince of the Normans ...
to the east,
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
In th ...
to the south, while the western border of the village is protected by the banks of the Seine.
Venables comprises the main village and several hamlets within an area of . The main village is located at the top of the hill and centers around the town church. It contains the village elementary school and La Mairie (town hall). The hamlets include La Mare (Hamlet of the pond) located in the valley below the main village; La Rive (Hamlet on the River Bank) located along the banks of the Seine; Lormais which is nestled between the Seine and the hills; Moulin a Vent (Hamlet of the Windmill) located at the edge of the Madrie Plateau; Val d'Ailly (Hamlet of the Ailly Valley) where only a 16th-century manor house and its surrounding farm remain which was a residence of the Charadas families and Mangin (a French naval officer at the turn of the century); and lastly Fontaine-La-Verte (Hamlet of the Green Fountain) which derives its name from the many springs which flow through the flowering ground cover.
Population
Venables eglise.jpg, A church in Venables
Venables mairie.jpg, The Venables Mairie (town hall)
See also
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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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