Évreux

[ey-vrœ]

noun

1. A historic town of northern France, WNW of Paris.

Évreux

/ evrø /

noun

1. an industrial town in NW France: severely damaged in World War II; cathedral (12th–16th centuries). Pop: 51 198 (1999)

Example Sentences

The Paris prosecutor's office said Amra had been convicted of burglary by a court in Evreux on May 10 and was being held at a prison in Val-de-Reuil until his escape on May 14.

From BBC

Recently sentenced for burglary by the judicial tribunal in Evreux on May 10, he is also under investigation for an attempted organized homicide in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray and a kidnapping that resulted in death.

From Seattle Times

The convoy was transporting Amra back to jail in the Normandy town of Évreux after a hearing with an investigator in Rouen when it was ambushed on the A154 freeway.

From Seattle Times

The prisoner was being transported between a courthouse in Évreux and a prison in Rouen when men armed with “heavy weapons” attacked the van he was in, Mr. Dupond-Moretti said.

From New York Times

Mr. Amra had been found guilty of theft by breaking and entering by a court in Évreux last week, and he had also been under investigation in Marseille, a southern Mediterranean city, in connection to a kidnapping and homicide case.

From New York Times