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Eu (IPA: [ø] (listen)) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

For other uses of "Eu", see Eu (disambiguation).
Eu
Commune
Château d'Eu
Coat of arms
Location of Eu
Eu
Eu
Coordinates: 50°02′53″N 1°25′14″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementDieppe
CantonEu
IntercommunalityCC Villes Sœurs
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Michel Barbier[1]
Area
1
17.93 km2 (6.92 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
6,716
 • Density370/km2 (970/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76255 /76260
Elevation2–140 m (6.6–459.3 ft)
(avg. 17 m or 56 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Eu is located near the coast in the eastern part of the department, near the border with Picardy.

Its inhabitants are known in French as the Eudois.


Geography


Eu is situated at the junction of the RD 1015, the RD 925, the RD 940 and the RD 1314 roads, in the steep-sided valley of the river Bresle, whose mouth is 4 km (2.5 mi) away to the north-west in Le Tréport. Eu station has rail connections to Beauvais and Le Tréport.


Etymology


The name of the commune is related to that of the river on which it stands. Before being called the Bresle, this small river was known in the Middle Ages under the name of Ou, which then became Eu.


History


See also: List of Counts of Eu

The County of Eu was created in 996 by Duke Richard I of Normandy for his illegitimate son Geoffrey, Count of Brionne. It was a march protecting Normandy from invasion from the east.

In 1050, William, Duke of Normandy, the future William the Conqueror and king of England, married Matilda, the daughter of the Count of Flanders, at the chapel of the castle in Eu. The chapel is the only part of this castle which still stands today.

In 1180, Laurence O'Toole, the archbishop of Dublin and papal legate, fell ill at Eu on his way to meet King Henry II of England. He died there. He was beatified in 1186 and canonised in 1225 as St Laurence, becoming the patron saint of the town. The collegiate church was named for the Virgin Mary and for him, Notre-Dame et Saint-Laurent, and still holds some of his preserved relics. In the 12th century, King Richard I of England, who was also Duke of Normandy, built the city walls.

In 1430, Joan of Arc as a prisoner of the English spent a night there, during her journey to Rouen.

The county remained an independent fief of the French crown until 1472, when it was inherited by John, Count of Nevers. In 1477 it was incorporated into the Burgundian territories of Charles the Bold. However, later that year Charles was killed in battle; King Louis XI of France took the opportunity to seize Charles' French fiefs, including Eu, and incorporated them in the French royal domain.

The British Queen Victoria visited Eu on two occasions as guest of Louis-Philippe. The first time in 1843 was to cement an early form of the Entente Cordiale between Britain and France. It was the first time monarchs of the two countries had met since King Henry VIII of England met with King Francis I of France on the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520.

The Croix de Guerre was awarded to the town in 1944.


Heraldry


Arms of Eu
Arms of Eu
 The arms of Eu are blazoned :
Argent, a lion passant Gules.




Population


Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 8,079—    
1975 8,626+0.94%
1982 8,588−0.06%
1990 8,344−0.36%
1999 8,081−0.36%
2007 7,495−0.94%
2012 7,270−0.61%
2017 6,883−1.09%
Source: INSEE[3]

Sights


It is chiefly known for its nearby national forest, the Eu Forest, the Renaissance style Château d'Eu and its college.


Economy



Twin towns


Eu is twinned with:

City State Country Year
Haan  North Rhine-Westphalia  Germany 1966
Zouk Mikael Mount Lebanon Governorate  Lebanon 2003
Ålesund Møre og Romsdal  Norway 1996
Bad Lauchstädt  Saxony-Anhalt  Germany 1998

See also



References


  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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На других языках

[de] Eu (Seine-Maritime)

Eu [ø] ist eine französische Stadt mit 6716 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Seine-Maritime in der Region Normandie. Eu ist die nördlichste Gemeinde des Départements Seine-Maritime. Sie liegt an der Bresle, fünf Kilometer vor deren Mündung in den Ärmelkanal bei Le Tréport.
- [en] Eu, Seine-Maritime

[ru] Э (Франция)

Э (фр. Eu) — город на севере Франции, регион Нормандия, департамент Приморская Сена, округ Дьеп, центр одноименного кантона. Расположен в 32 км к северо-востоку от Дьепа и в 75 км к северо-западу от Амьена, на берегу реки Брель в четырёх километрах к юго-востоку от места её впадения в Ла-Манш. На севере коммуны находится железнодорожная станция Э линии Эпине-Вильтанёз―Трепор-Мер.


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