Eure-et-Loir
Sign in to saveEure-et-Loir (, locally: ) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. It is located in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. In 2023, Eure-et-Loir had a population of 433,129.
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Eure-et-Loir is a French department located in the Centre-Val de Loire region, named after two rivers that flow through it. With a population of about 433,000 people as of 2023, it is an administrative area within France's broader regional structure.
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- Hôtel de Ligneris (1795), Prefecture building of the Eure-et-Loir department, in Chartres
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- Location of Eure-et-Loir in France
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Eure-et-Loir (, locally: ) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. It is located in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. In 2023, Eure-et-Loir had a population of 433,129.
==History== Eure-et-Loir is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790 pursuant to the Act of December 22, 1789. It was created mainly from parts of the former provinces of Orléanais (Beauce) and Maine (Perche), but also parts of Île-de-France (Drouais, Thymerais, Valley of the Avre, Hurepoix).