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| Eure-et-Loir department | |
| Capital | Chartres |
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| Residents | 431.997 (2018) |
| surface | 5,880 km² |
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Eure-et-Loir is a department in the French region Center-Val de Loire. The department with the serial number 28 borders (clockwise, starting in the north) on the department Your, to the northeast Yvelines, in the east Essonne, in the southeast Loiret, in the south Loir-et-Cher and in the west to the departments Sarthe and Orne.
Regions
Map of Eure-et-Loir
In general there are 4 tourist areas:
- Vallée royale de Chartres à Anet
- Perche eurélien
- Haute vallée du Loir
- Beauce eurélienne.
places
- 1 Chartres - Prefecture (administrative seat) of the department. Great cathedral
- 2 Châteaudun - Lock
- 3 Dreux - with the Chapelle royale de Dreux
- 4 Illiers-Combray - Église Saint-Jacques, the writer Marcel Proust lived in Illiers for several years.
- 5 Nogent-le-Rotrou - Saint-Jean castle
- 6 Lucé
- 7 Vernouillet
- 8 Mainvilliers
- 9 Maintenon - Château de Maintenon
Other goals
background
The department is named after the rivers Your and Loir.
- The Your is a left tributary of the Seine
- The Loir is a tributary of the Sarthethat to Loire flows.
language
getting there
The department is owned by the 
crossed, it comes from Paris and goes over Le Mans to Nantes and Rennes.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
Château de Maintenon
activities
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
- 1 Hotel Château d'Esclimont, 28700 Saint-Symphorien-le-Château, Tel. 02 37 31 15 15. Coming from Paris (47 km) on the A12, A13 and N10 in the direction of Chartres Via Rambouillet to the l'Abbé exit, from there signposted via the D101 in the direction of Craches. The elegant Castle Hotel upscale but reasonable price range is located in a 60 hectare, completely enclosed by a wall and protected romantic English landscape garden with over a hundred years of trees and a beautiful lake. The building from 1543 was formerly owned by the La Rochefoucaud family and still reflects François de Rochefoucauld's motto, which can be read in the gable: "C'est mon plaisir" (It's my pleasure). It has 60 stylishly furnished rooms or suites with modern comfort, a gastronomic restaurant under the direction of a renowned chef, tennis courts and other sports and fitness facilities.
security
climate
trips
literature
Web links
https://www.eurelien.fr/ (fr) - Official website of the Eure-et-Loir department
