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Évreux
[ ey-vrœ ]
noun
- A historic town of northern France, WNW of Paris.
Évreux
/ evrø /
noun
- an industrial town in NW France: severely damaged in World War II; cathedral (12th–16th centuries). Pop: 51 198 (1999)
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Example Sentences
Monstrelet relates that the bailiff of Evreux, sallying out without his greaves, had his leg badly broken by the kick of a horse.
Lefebre took the Neubourg road so as to avoid Evreux and Louviers.
Meanwhile, however, the French were besieging the fortresses of the county of Evreux.
Nearly 150 years ago, the Count of Evreux built it for his aristocratic city residence.
St Taurin is a somewhat dilapidated and cob-webby church, but it is certainly one of the interesting features of Evreux.
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