After the allied victory at Waterloo, Eure was occupied by Prussian troops between June 1815 and November 1818.

In the wake of Louis-Napoléons December coup of 1851, Eure was one of the departments placed under a state of emergency in order to avert resistance to the post-republican régime.

The department is a largely wooded plateau intersected by the valleys of the river Seine and its tributaries.

As of 2019, there are 5 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants:[3] The President of the Departmental Council is Sébastien Lecornu of La République En Marche!.

The main tourist attraction is Giverny (4 km (2.49 mi) from Vernon) where Claude Monet's house and garden can be seen, as well as other places of interest (see external links, below).