Courville-sur-Eure
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Eure-et-Loir | |
| Arrondissement | Chartres | |
| Canton | Illiers-Combray | |
| Community association | Entre Beauce et Perche | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 27 ' N , 1 ° 14' E | |
| height | 144-204 m | |
| surface | 11.13 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,867 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 258 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 28190 | |
| INSEE code | 28116 | |
| Website | http://www.courville-sur-eure.fr/ | |
 historical aerial view of Courville-sur-Eure |
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Courville-sur-Eure is a French commune with 3,324 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Eure-et-Loir in the region Center-Val de Loire . Courville-sur-Eure belongs to the Arrondissement Chartres and the canton Illiers-Combray .
geography
Courville-sur-Eure is about 20 kilometers west of Chartres on the Eure River . Courville-sur-Eure is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Arnoult-des-Bois in the north, Saint-Luperce in the east and south-east, Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard in the south, Chuisnes in the south-west, Landelles in the west and north-west and Billancelles in the Northwest.
The former Route nationale 23 (today's D923) runs through the municipality . The municipality's train station is on the Paris – Brest railway line .
history
The name Courville goes back to the two Latin words curva and villa , which means "curved city".
In 877 the Gallo-Roman settlement was converted into a medieval fief by edict . After building a fortress, Courville became a castellany and was under the rule of a small feudal lord. This later developed into a barony and in 1656 into a marquisate .
Between January 29 and February 8, 1939, more than 2000 Spanish refugees who were persecuted by the Franco regime in their country came to Eure-et-Loir as part of the Retirada . After a camp in Lucé and a prison in Châteaudun proved insufficient for reception, the refugees, mostly women and children, were distributed to 53 villages, including Courville-sur-Eure. They lived cut off from the outside world in strict quarantine , received vaccinations and were provided with the necessary food . Some of them returned to Spain in the same year at the initiative of the French government, around 900 people stayed in the department and were sent to Dreux and Lucé in December .
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1856 | 1901 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 1,343 | 1,595 | 1,816 | 1,862 | 2,044 | 1,972 | 2,030 | 2,260 | 2,375 | 2,739 | 2,700 | 2,827 |
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church, originally built in the 12th century, rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries, monument historique since 1907
- Windmill, a historic monument since 1993
- Infirmary, Monument historique since 1920
Partner municipality
There is a partnership with the British community of Alveston in South Gloucestershire (England) .
Personalities
- Charles-François Panard (1689–1765), poet, dramaturge and singer
- Ludovic Sylvestre (* 1984), soccer player, started his career here
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Armand Pelé: Courville, Essais historiques , Lafolye, 1900.
- ↑ Jeanine Sodigné-Loustau: L'accueil des réfugiés civils espagnols de 1936 à 1940. An example : la region Center. In: Matériaux pour l'histoire de notre temps. Vol. 44, 1996, pp. 42-47.