Champhol

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Champhol
Champhol coat of arms
Champhol (France)
Champhol
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement Chartres
Canton Chartres-1
Community association Chartres metropolis
Coordinates 48 ° 28 ′  N , 1 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 28 ′  N , 1 ° 30 ′  E
height 117-156 m
surface 5.37 km 2
Residents 3,656 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 681 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 28300
INSEE code
Website http://www.ville-champhol.fr/

Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville )

Champhol is a French commune with 3,656 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Eure-et-Loir in the region Center-Val de Loire . Champhol belongs to the Arrondissement of Chartres and the Canton of Chartres-1 .

geography

Champhol is located on the Eure , a tributary of the Seine . Champhol is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Perst in the north, Gasville-Oisème in the east, Chartres in the south and Lèves in the west.

In the south of the municipality on the border with the neighboring city of Chartres is the Base aérienne 122 Chartres-Champhol military airfield . In 1940 the airfield had already been used by the German Air Force.

history

The place was named as Campus Follis in 986 .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
657 818 1063 1694 2235 2898 3362 3856

Attractions

  • Saint-Denis church, largely destroyed by bombing during World War II
  • Vauventriers Castle, under construction from 1598, completed at the beginning of the 17th century, Monument historique since 1969/2006
Saint-Senis church
Vauventriers Castle

partnership

There is a partnership with the German municipality of Riegel am Kaiserstuhl in Baden-Württemberg .

Web links

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