Eure-et-Loir

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Eure-et-Loir

Coat of arms of the Eure-et-Loir department
Location

Administration
Department number:	28
Region:	Centre
Prefecture:	Chartres
Subprefectures:	Châteaudun Dreux Nogent-le-Rotrou
Arrondissements:	4
Cantons:	29
Communes:	403
President of the General Council:	Albéric de Montgolfier
Statistics
Population	Ranked 55th
-1999	407,665
Population density:	69/km²
Land area¹:	5880 km²

¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km².

Eure-et-Loir is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Tourism
5 Miscellaneous topics
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] History

Eure-et-Loir is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of Orléanais, Perche, and Chartrain.

[edit] Geography

Eure-et-Loir comprises the main part of the region of Beauce, politically it belongs to the current region of Centre (Val de Loire) and is surrounded by the departments of Loir-et-Cher, Loiret, Essonne, Yvelines, Eure, Orne, and Sarthe.

[edit] Demographics

The inhabitants of the department are called Euréliens.

[edit] Tourism

The most important tourist attraction is the cathedral of Chartres, with its magnificent stained-glass windows.

[edit] Miscellaneous topics

The media in Eure-et-Loir include the following:

Daily newspapers: L'Écho Républicain, La République du Centre
Weekly newspapers: Horizon (agricultural journal), L'Action Républicaine, Le Perche, L'Écho de Brou
Local radio and TV stations: Radio Intensité (Châteaudun), RTV (Dreux), Radio Grand Ciel