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Eure-et-Loir

American  
[œr-ey-lwar] / œr eɪˈlwar /

noun

  1. a department in central France. 2,293 sq. mi. (5,940 sq. km). Chartres.


Eure-et-Loir British  
/ œrelwar /

noun

  1. a department of N central France, in Centre region. Capital: Chartres. Pop: 412 094 (2003 est). Area: 5940 sq km (2317 sq miles)

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The widower, who from the Beauce country, sent his son to his native village in the Eure-et-Loir to be brought up by kinsfolk there.

From The Aspirations of Jean Servien by Anatole France

ANET, a town of northern France, in the department of Eure-et-Loir, situated between the rivers Eure and Vègre, 10 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various

CHARTRES, a city of north-western France, capital of the department of Eure-et-Loir, 55 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various

Thus the campaign in which I became interested was carried on principally in the departments of Eure-et-Loir, Loiret, Loir-et-Cher, and Sarthe, to terminate, at last, in Mayenne.

From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly

The Eure, from which the department takes its name, rises in Orne, and flowing through Eure-et-Loir, falls into the Seine above Pont de l’Arche, after a course of 44 m. in the department.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

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