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Eure

American  
[œr] / œr /

noun

  1. a department in NW France. 2,331 sq. mi. (6,035 sq. km). Evreux.


Eure British  
/ œr /

noun

  1. a department of N France, in Haute-Normandie region. Capital: Évreux. Pop: 550 056 (2003 est). Area: 6037 sq km (2354 sq miles)

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“This is a very tight community here,” Eure said, “I’m hoping things are going to get back to the way they were.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Authorities in the Eure region said in a statement Friday night that the beluga has a “fleeing behavior vis-a-vis the boats” and hasn’t responded to attempts to guide it to safer waters.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2022

So far rescuers have offered up frozen herring and live trout for the four-metre whale to eat, but a local official in Eure, Isabelle Dorliat-Pouzet, said the animal did not appear to have accepted either.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2022

"It didn't seem very interested," Eure department official Isabelle Dorliat-Pouzet told reporters.

From Reuters • Aug. 6, 2022

The château attracted us and the beautiful river Eure.

From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow