Berchères-les-Pierres

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Berchères-les-Pierres
Berchères-les-Pierres (France)
Berchères-les-Pierres
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement Chartres
Canton Chartres-2
Community association Chartres metropolis
Coordinates 48 ° 23 '  N , 1 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 23 '  N , 1 ° 33'  E
height 136-156 m
surface 19.83 km 2
Residents 1,000 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 50 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 28630
INSEE code
Website http://www.berchereslespierres.fr/

Berchères-les-Pierres is a French commune with a population of 1,000 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Eure-et-Loir in the region Center-Val de Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Chartres and the Canton of Chartres-2 (until 2015: Canton of Chartres-Sud-Est ).

geography

Berchères-les-Pierres is about eight kilometers southeast of Chartres . Berchères-les-Pierres is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Gellainville in the north and north-west, Sours in the north-east, Prunay-le-Gillon in the east and south-east, Theuville in the south, Dammarie in the south and south-west, Corancez in the west and south-west and Morancez in the west.

The Route nationale 154 forms the northeastern municipal boundary.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
612 670 728 711 882 916 957 1000
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame church from the 12th century
  • House La Grandmaison with portal from the 13th century
  • Dolmen La Pierre Nochat
  • Auguste Bollée's wind turbine, monument historique since 1993

Web links

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