Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Eure-et-Loir | |
| Arrondissement | Dreux | |
| Canton | Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets | |
| Community association | Agglo du Pays de Dreux | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 46 ′ N , 1 ° 15 ′ E | |
| height | 90-164 m | |
| surface | 13.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,010 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 307 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 28380 | |
| INSEE code | 28359 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-st-remy-sur-avre.fr/ | |
 Saint-Rémy church |
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Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre is a French commune with 4010 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Eure-et-Loir in the region Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Dreux and the canton Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets . The inhabitants are called Rémois .
geography
Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre is located on the Avre River on the border between the Beauce and Normandy countryside . Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of La Madeleine-de-Nonancourt in the north, Saint-Germain-sur-Avre in the northeast, Vert-en-Drouais in the east, Louvilliers-en-Drouais in the southeast, Boissy-en -Drouais in the south, Escorpain in the southwest, Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets the west and Nonancourt in the northwest. Route nationale 12 and route nationale 154 pass through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1756 | 1876 | 2524 | 3034 | 3568 | 3553 | 3640 | 4010 |
Community partnerships
There is a partnership with the Polish municipality of Głubczyce in the Opole Voivodeship .
Attractions
- Saint-Rémy church, historic monument since 1930
- Motte (Wallburg) of Plessis-Saint-Rémy, Monument historique since 1986
Personalities
- William Henry Waddington (1826-1894), politician and archaeologist
- Jean-Paul Janssen (1940–1986), documentary filmmaker
