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| Région | Haute-Normandie ( Upper Normandy) |
| Département | Eure |
| Canton | seat of this place 4 cantons |
| Postal Code | 27000 |
| INSEE Code | 27229 |
| Altitude | lowest: 58 m highest: 146 m |
| Intercommunalité ( 2004) | Communauté d'agglomération d'Évreux |
| Area | 26.45 km²/ 2,645 ha |
| Density | 1,935.65/km² |
| Website: | www.evreux/fr |
Évreux is a commune of Normandy, France, in the Eure département, of which it is the préfecture (capital). This city name originates from the gallic tribe if Eburovices (lit. Those which overcome by the yew?) (from Gaulish eburo -) The city is near the Iton river.
During the Ancien RégimeAncien Regime means Old Regime or Old Order in French; in English, the term refers primarily to the social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, and secondarily to any regime which shares the former's defining, it was the seat of comté d'Évreux and évêché d'Évreux .
The city was heavily damaged during the Second World WarWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough, and most of its center was rebuilt.
There are remains of some monuments dating back to the Middle AgesThe Middle Ages formed the middle period in a schematic division of European history into three 'ages': Classical civilization, the Middle Ages, and Modern Civilization. It is commonly dated from the end of the Western Roman Empire ( 5th century) until th.
The communauté d'agglomérationA communaute d'agglomeration is an administrative division in France, larger than a commune, but smaller than a departement''. An urban area that consist of several small cities and their environs, but no large central city, can be organized into a commun d'Évreux has 37 communes:
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