Dreux
Dreux | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
 Saint-Pierre church | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Dreux  | |
  Dreux  Dreux | |
| Coordinates: 48°44′14″N 1°21′59″E / 48.7372°N 01.3664°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Eure-et-Loir |
| Arrondissement | Dreux |
| Canton | Dreux-1 and 2 |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays de Dreux |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pierre-Frédéric Billet[1] |
| Area 1 | 24.27 km2 (9.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 30,879 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 28134 /28100 |
| Elevation | 75–139 m (246–456 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Dreux (French pronunciation: [dʁø]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.
Geography
Dreux lies on the small river Blaise, a tributary of the Eure, about 35 km north of Chartres. Dreux station has rail connections to Argentan, Paris and Granville. The Route nationale 12 (Paris–Rennes) passes north of the town.
History
Dreux was known in ancient times as Durocassium, the capital of the
Druids
. The Romans established here a fortified camp known as Castrum Drocas.
In the
duc de Montmorency
.
In October 1983, the
Front National won 55% of the vote in the second round of elections for the city council of Dreux, in one of its first significant electoral victories.[3]
Population
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Dreux has a significant Muslim population, and is estimated to be around 35%. Dreux's Muslim population consists mainly of North Africans, Arabs, Turks, and Sub-Saharan Africans. Many Muslims in Dreux experience high levels of poverty and unemployment.[6][7] One-in-four residents in the town are immigrants.[8]
Sights
Chapelle royale de Dreux
In 1775, the lands of the duchesse d'Orléans, embellished the chapel which was renamed Chapelle royale de Dreux, now the necropolis of the Orléans royal family.
Other sights
- Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Dreux
- Hôtel de Montulé (16th century)
- Pavilion of Louis XVI
- Hôtel de Salvat-Duhalde (18th century)
- Renaissance Château d'Anet
Personalities
Dreux was the birthplace of:
- Kalifa Cissé, footballer
- Martin Pierre d'Alvimare (1772–1839), composer and harpist
- Charles Delescluze (1809–1871), journalist and military commander of the Paris Commune
- Siraba Dembélé, handball player
- Abdou Dieye, footballer
- Louis Victor Dubois (1837–1914), wine merchant and politician
- Léa Le Garrec, footballer for Fleury and the France national team[10]
- Antoine Godeau (1605–1672), bishop, poet and exegete. He is now known for his work of criticism Discours de la poésie chrétienne from 1633.
- Rémi Gounelle (1967-), Protestant theologian
- Marouan Kechrid, basketball player
- Yannick Lesourd, athlete
- botanist
- Eddie London (1956–), singer
- François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795), musician and chess player
- Jean Rotrou (1609–1650), poet and tragedian
- Issa Samba, footballer
- Adrien Trebel (1991-), footballer
- Guerschon Yabusele, basketball player
Twin towns - sister cities
Dreux is twinned with:[11]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ISBN 0-674-81096-1. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Dreux, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Kuper, Simon (28 August 2007). "Where French Muslims battle to integrate". Financial Times. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Where French Muslims battle to integrate". www.ft.com. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Dreux (Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, France) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ G. Lenotre, Le Château de Rambouillet, six siècles d'histoire, Calmann-Lévy, Paris, 1930, reprint: Denoël, Paris, 1984, (215 pages), chapter 5: Le prince des pauvres, pp. 78–79
- ^ France, Centre (28 June 2023). "Football / Équipe de France - La Drouaise Léa Le Garrec avant la Coupe du monde : "Il y a une vraie chance à saisir"". www.lechorepublicain.fr. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "Les villes jumelées". dreux.com (in French). Dreux. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dreux.
- City council website (in French)
- Tourist office website
- Personal website about Dreux (in French)
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