Janville (Eure-et-Loir)
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local community | Janville-en-Beauce | |
region | Center-Val de Loire | |
Department | Eure-et-Loir | |
Arrondissement | Chartres | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 12 ' N , 1 ° 53' E | |
Post Code | 28310 | |
Former INSEE code | 28199 | |
Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
status | Commune déléguée | |
Saint-Etienne church |
Janville is a village and a former French commune with 1,835 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Eure-et-Loir in the region Center-Val de Loire . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Chartres and the Canton of Voves (until 2015: Canton Janville ).
With effect from January 1, 2019, the formerly independent municipalities of Janville , Allaines-Mervilliers and Le Puiset were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Janville-en-Beauce and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Janville.
geography
Janville is 33 kilometers north of Orléans . Janville is surrounded by the neighboring towns of Le Puiset in the north and north-west, Oinville-Saint-Liphard in the north and north-east, Toury in the east, Poinville in the south and Allaines-Mervilliers in the west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
Residents | 1339 | 1533 | 1542 | 1672 | 1747 | 1697 | 1778 | 1835 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Étienne church from the 13th century, renovations from the 19th century, monument historique since 1934
- Sainte-Trinité chapel from the 13th century
- Old castle
Personalities
- Charles-Pierre Colardeau (1732–1776), writer
- Maurice Viollette (1870–1960), politician and minister