Eure

River rising in the Perche hills in Orne département, northwest France, and flowing southeast, then north, to join the River Seine near Rouen; length 225 km/140 mi. The town of Chartres is on its banks. It gives its name to two départements, Eure and Eure-et-Loir.

The Eure receives the waters of the Blaise, Avre, and Iton Rivers, and passes through the towns of Maintenon, Dreux, and Louviers.

Eure

All isolated high buildings attract lightning, and particularly those of predominantly metal construction like the mainly iron Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. This photo was taken on the morning of 3 June 1902 and is one of the earliest photographs of lightning in an urban setting (although that setting has changed fairly radically in the intervening century).

Département in the Haute-Normandie region of France; area 6,004 sq km/2,318 sq mi; population (1999 est) 541,000. The territory of Eure is broken up by its rivers – the lower Seine and its tributaries the Eure, Andelle, Epte, and Risle – into wooded plateaux. An agriculturally-rich area, its chief products are wheat, flax, beetroot, and dairy products. Cattle and horses of pure Normandy stock are bred here. Industries include textiles and metallurgy. The administrative centre is Evreux.

Eure was formed in 1790 from part of the former province of Normandy.