Hurepoix
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Hurepoix is an area of Île de France, in south west of Paris, localised nowadays between départements of Yvelines, Hauts-de-Seine and Essonne, it was an old province of the French Kingdom. The main city was Dourdan.
[edit] Geography
This area is one of the biggest of Île de France.
Limites :
- North : Paris
- West : Rambouillet and forest
- East : Seine, Brie province, Fontainebleau and forest
- South : Beauce province
Mains cities
Mains Rivers
Mains Forest
- Dourdan
- Verrière-le-Buisson
Mains Castels
This area is not fare from Versailles, and the castel of Louis XIV. In this period, Princes and Dukes built castel not fare, in Hurepoix.
- Chamarande
- Breteuil
- Courson
- Dampierre
- Dourdan
- Sceaux
- Saint Jean de Beauregard
[edit] Economy
The economy of the west part of the area is still formed by farming, as in the past. The economy of east part is more an industrial.
