Eure, a 1ST. department of France, formed by the union of four ancient districts of Normandy, bordering on the departments of Seine-Inferieure (from which it is partly separated by the lower part of the Seine), Oise, Seine-et-Oise, Eure-et-Loir, Orne, and Calvados; area, 2,300 sq. m.; pop. in 1872, 377,874. It has a level surface, naturally divided into six plateaus by the rivers Epte, Andelle, Eure, Iton, Rille, and Charentonne, which flow through it to the Seine; and it presents well cultivated fields and enclosures, fine forests, marshes, and a few hills. The river from which the department has its name flows on the S. E. border, and then mostly parallel with the Seine. Agriculture is carried to a high degree of perfection, and the vine, apple, and pear are objects of special cultivation. Its most celebrated and flourishing cloth manufactories are at Lou-viers. It has important copper founderies at Romilly, and manufactories of nails, pins, etc. It has considerable commerce, chiefly in its own manufactured and agricultural products.

It is divided into the arrondissements of Evreux, Louviers, Pont-Audemer, Bernay, and Les An-delys. Capital, Evreux.