Chassant

Chassant
region	Center-Val de Loire
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Nogent-le-Rotrou
Canton	Nogent-le-Rotrou
Community association	Terres de Perche
Coordinates	48 ° 18 '  N , 1 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '  N , 1 ° 4'  E
height	191-237 m
surface	4.46 km 2
Residents	329 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	74 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	28480
INSEE code	28086
Chassant - Église Saint-Lubin

Chassant is a place and a community with 329 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in northern France Eure-et-Loir in the region Center-Val de Loire .

location

Chassant is located on the south bank of the Thironne river in Perche, a good 40 km southwest of Chartres at an altitude of approx. 220  m . The next larger town is Nogent-le-Rotrou (approx. 20 km to the west). The climate is influenced to a large extent by the sea and is therefore almost frost-free; Rain (approx. 675 mm / year) falls throughout the year.

Population development

year	1800	1851	1901	1954	1999	2017
Residents	185	420	383	304	298	329

The continuous population decline since the middle of the 19th century is mainly due to the abandonment of small farms and the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs.

economy

Chassant has always been a rural community with a high proportion of pasture farming. In addition, the manufacture and sale of charcoal played an important role in human survival.

Attractions

• The Romanesque parish church, later changed several times, is dedicated to St. Consecrated to Leobinus of Chartres . The walls of the nave and its wooden vault with tie rods seem to be from the 15th / 16th centuries. Century to date; the church windows were also gothic at that time and a bell tower was added. The rood screen, which looks quite village-like and has an altarpiece and several carved figures, dates from the 17th or 18th century; two doors lead into the sacristy behind .
• Immediately on the southern outer wall of the church is the figurative war memorial for the local soldiers who fell in World War I.
• The local oral tradition speaks of a medieval castle (château) , but nothing of it has survived.

Web links

Commons : Chassant  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chassant - Map with altitude information .
2. ↑ Chassant - climate tables
3. ↑ Chassant - Church
4. ↑ Chassant - church floor plan ( memento of the original dated February 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.