Evreux
a city of France, capital of the department of Eure, in Normandy, situated on the Iton, 67 miles W. N. W. from Paris. A considerable industry in linens, shoes, and gasoline engines is carried on, while the town is the_center of an important grain trade. It was the center of heavy fighting during the World War, especially during the intensive operations incidental to the great Allied offensive, known as the Battle of Normandy.