Arrondissements of the Eure-et-Loir department

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There are 4 arrondissements in the Eure-et-Loir department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.

If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.

Arrondissements are further divided into communes.

The arrondissements of Eure-et-Loir are:[1]

INSEE
code		 Arrondissement Capital Population[2]
(2014)		 Area[3]
(km²)		 Density
(Inh./km²)		 Communes
281 Chartres Chartres 207,869 2,129.5 97.6 151
282 Châteaudun Châteaudun 59,794 1,438.8 41.6 64
283 Dreux Dreux 129,431 1,500.5 86.3 108
284 Nogent-le-Rotrou Nogent-le-Rotrou 36,668 811.1 45.2 52

History[change | change source]

Since its creation, the Eure-et-Loir department has had few changes:[4]

  • 1790 : creation of the department with six districts: Chartres, Châteaudun, Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais, Dreux, Janville and Nogent-le-Rotrou; the capital was Chartres.
  • 1800 : creation of four arrondissements: Chartres, Châteaudun, Dreux and Nogent-le-Rotrou.
  • 1926 : the arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou was eliminated.
  • 1943 : Nogent-le-Rotrou was made again an arrondissement.

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References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Département d'Eure-et-Loir (28)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Département d'Eure-et-Loir (28)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Historique d'Eure-et-Loir". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 15 August 2017.
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