Eure-et-Loir department

Eure-et-Loir
region	Center-Val de Loire
prefecture	Chartres
Sub-prefecture (s)	Châteaudun Dreux Nogent-le-Rotrou
Residents	433,233 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	74 inhabitants per km²
surface	5,884.93 km²
Arrondissements	4th
Community associations	12
Cantons	15th
Communities	365
President of the Department Council	Albéric de Montgolfier
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-28
Location of the department of Eure-et-Loir in the region Center-Val de Loire

The Eure-et-Loir [ œʀelwaːʀ ] is the French department with the atomic number 28. It is in the center of the country in the Region Center-Val de Loire and by the rivers Eure and Loir named. The department has an area of ​​5,880 km² and 433,233 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

geography

The Eure-et-Loir department is bordered by the Eure department in the north, the Yvelines department in the northeast, the Essonne department in the east, the Loiret department in the southeast, the Loir-et-Cher department in the south and the Loir-et-Cher department in the west the departments of Sarthe and Orne .

Most of the department belongs to the landscape of the Beauce , the west to the landscape of the Perche . The eponymous rivers both have their source in the Perche. While the Eure initially flows eastwards to the capital Chartres and then leaves the department to the north, the Loir drains the department to the south.

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790 from the north-western part of the province of Orléanais and the east of the Perche and a small part of the Île-de-France .

It has belonged to the Center region since 1960 , which was renamed Center-Val de Loire in 2016 .

Cities

The most populous communes in the Eure-et-Loir department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Chartres	38,578	Chartres
Dreux	31,044	Dreux
Lucé	15,404	Chartres
Châteaudun	13,195	Châteaudun
Vernouillet	12,506	Dreux
Mainvilliers	11,182	Chartres
Nogent-le-Rotrou	9,715	Nogent-le-Rotrou
Luisant	6,665	Chartres
Lèves	5,801
Epernon	5,551

Administrative division

The Eure-et-Loir department is divided into 4 arrondissements , 15 cantons and 365 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Eure-et-Loir department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Chartres	8th	148	209.168	2,135.29	98	281
Châteaudun	4th	61	59,012	1,438.54	41	282
Dreux	5	108	129,446	1,500.54	86	283
Nogent-le-Rotrou	3	48	35,607	810.56	44	284
Eure-et-Loir department	15th	365	433.233	5,884.93	74	28

See also:

• List of communes in the Eure-et-Loir department
• List of cantons in the Eure-et-Loir department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Eure-et-Loir department

politics

The first round of the 2017 French presidential election  took place on April 23, 2017  . The turnout in the Eure-et-Loir department was 79.94%. A total of 240,992  eligible voters cast  their  votes  . Of the 234,780 valid votes:

be right	candidate
58,885	Marine Le Pen
51,276	François Fillon
51,042	Emmanuel Macron
38.032	Jean-Luc Mélenchon
14,103	Nicolas Dupont-Aignan
12,317	Benoît Hamon
2659	Philippe Poutou
2253	François Asselineau
1942	Jean Lassalle
1817	Nathalie Arthaud
454	Jacques Cheminade

Web links

Commons : Département Eure-et-Loir  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Eure-et-Loir (French)
• Prefecture of the Department of Eure-et-Loir (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ eurelien.fr accessed on May 3, 2015.
2. ↑ Results of the 1st ballot. Ministry of Interior of France, 23 April 2017, accessed 24 April 2017 (French). 

Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '  N , 1 ° 28'  E