Luray (Eure-et-Loir)

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Luray
Luray (France)
Luray
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement Dreux
Canton Dreux-2
Community association Agglo du Pays de Dreux
Coordinates 48 ° 43 '  N , 1 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 43 '  N , 1 ° 24'  E
height 81-137 m
surface 4.46 km 2
Residents 1,552 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 348 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 28500
INSEE code

Luray Town Hall

Luray is a French commune with 1,552 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Eure-et-Loir in the region Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Dreux and the canton Dreux-2 (until 2015: canton Dreux-Est ).

geography

Luray is located about 31 kilometers north-northwest of Chartres and about 70 kilometers west-southwest of Paris . The river Eure limits the community to the east. Luray is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sainte-Gemme-Moronval in the north, Mézières-en-Drouais in the east, Écluzelles in the south-east, Marville-Moutiers-Brûlé in the south, Vernouillet in the west and Dreux in the north-west.

Route nationale 154 runs along the northern edge of the municipality .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
520 871 1,020 1.009 1,281 1,308 1,468 1,592
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Remi church
Saint-Remi church

Web links

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