Bailleau-l'Évêque

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Commune of Bailleau-l'Évêque
Location
Longitude 01° 23' 51" E
Latitude 48° 29' 22" N
Administration
Country France
Region Centre
Department Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement Chartres
Canton Mainvilliers
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Val de l'Eure
Mayor Jean-Philippe Ains
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 142 m–216 m
(avg. 159 m)
Land area¹ 19.68 km²
Population²
(1999)
987
 - Density (1999) 50/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 28022/ 28300
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

Bailleau-l'Évêque is a commune with an area of 19.66 km² (7.6 mile²), belonging to the canton of Mainvilliers in the Eure-et-Loir département. Its population is 988 with a density of 50 people per km² or 130 per sq. mi. Its unemployment rate is 9.7% and has an average annual income of 26,490 euros.

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Bois de Bailleau-l'Évêque (fauna and flora), the Château de Levesville (end of 15th century), the Château de Bailleau (a 12th-century church), several traditional farms in the Beauce region, and the remains of the Louis XIV canal, still in water and preserved.

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Coordinates: 48°29′N 1°24′E