- For the saint of this name, see Saint Drogo. Saint Drogo (1105 - 1185 is a French saint also known as Dreux Drugo, and Druron.
Commune of Dreux | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Centre |
| Department | Eure-et-Loir (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Dreux |
| Canton | Chief town of 3 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération du Drouais |
| Mayor | Gérard Hamel (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 75 m–139 m |
| Land area¹ | 24. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Centre is one of the 26 regions of France, located towards the northwest of the actual centre of the country In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Eure-et-Loir is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Dreux is an arrondissement of France located in the Eure-et-Loir département, in the Centre The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 27 km² |
| Population² (1999) | 31,849 |
| - Density | 1,312. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 3/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 28134/ 28100 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E | |
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Dreux is a town and commune in northwest France, in the Eure-et-Loir département. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Eure-et-Loir is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division
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Politics
Dreux came to national attention in 1983 when the then-small National Front made its first electoral breakthrough, winning control of the city council and deputy mayorship. The National Front ( FN, Front national is a French Far right, Nationalist Political party, founded in 1972 by Jean-Marie This came at a time of rising unemployment and popular resentment directed at the visible and impoverished community of immigrants, many of whom were Muslims. Unemployment occurs when a person is available to work and currently seeking work but the person is without work. Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion The Socialist mayor at the time, Françoise Gaspard, later wrote a book about her experience and the times, A Small City in France. The Socialist Party ( Parti Socialiste, PS is the largest left-wing political party in France. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government
History
In the Middle Ages, Dreux was the centre of the Comté de Dreux. The Counts of Dreux in France took their title from the chief stronghold of their domain the château of Dreux, which lies near the boundary between Normandy The first large battle of the French Wars of Religion occurred at Dreux, on December 19, 1562, resulting in a near-run victory for the Catholic forces of the Duc de Montmorency. The Battle of Dreux was fought on 19 December, 1562 between Catholics and Huguenots The French Wars of Religion (1562 to 1598 between French Catholics and Protestants ( Huguenots involved both civil infighting Anne de Montmorency duc de Montmorency, KG ( March 15, 1493 &ndash November 12, 1567) was a French soldier statesman
Chapelle royale de Dreux
The House of Bourbon-Penthièvre was one of the greatest land owning families in France before the French Revolution. The House of Bourbon-Penthièvre was an illegitimate branch of the House of Bourbon, thus descending from the Capetian dynasty. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an The lands of the Comté de Dreux had been given to the Duc de Penthièvre by his cousin Louis XVI. The Counts of Dreux in France took their title from the chief stronghold of their domain the château of Dreux, which lies near the boundary between Normandy Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon duc de Penthièvre ( November 16, 1725 &ndash March 4, 1793) was the son of Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon comte Louis XVI ( 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) Louis-Auguste de France, ruled as King of France and Navarre In 1783, the Duc sold the Château de Rambouillet, where his ancestors were buried, to King Louis XVI. The château de Rambouillet is a palace in the town of Rambouillet, Yvelines department, France 50 km (30 miles southwest of Paris. Louis XVI ( 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) Louis-Auguste de France, ruled as King of France and Navarre Because of the sale, he had the remains of his family moved to Saint-Étienne de Dreux. In 1816, the Duc de Penthièvre's daughter, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre, had the Chapelle royale de Dreux built as the final resting place for her ancestors, and the bodies were moved once again. Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre, duchesse d'Orléans, ( March 13 1753 - June 23 1821) wife of the so-called "royal
Eventually, the chapel contained the tombs of
- The Comte de Toulouse, the founder of the family,
- His wife, the Comtesse de Toulouse,
- His son, the Duc de Penthièvre,
- The wife of the Duc, Marie Thérèse Félicité d'Este-Modène, Duchesse de Penthièvre,
- The son of the Duc, the Prince de Lamballe,
- The daughter-in-law of the Duc, the Princesse de Lamballe, who was one of Queen Marie Antoinette's closest friends,
- The daughter and eventual heiress of the Duc, the Duchesse d'Orléans,
- The sister-in-law of the Duchesse d'Orléans, the Princesse de Condé,
- The son of the Duchesse d'Orléans, King Louis-Philippe of the French
Today the chapel is the burial place of the members of the House of Orléans, the successors of the Bourbon-Penthièvre. Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse (1681 duc de Penthièvre (1697 d'Arc, de Châteauvillain and de Rambouillet Marie Victoire Sophie de Noailles (1688-1766 was the daughter of Anne Jules de Noailles the 2nd duc de Noailles and his wife Marie-Françoise de Bournonville Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon duc de Penthièvre ( November 16, 1725 &ndash March 4, 1793) was the son of Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon comte Louis-Alexandre Stanislas de Bourbon prince de Lamballe was the son and heir of the wealthy Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon duc de Penthièvre. Princess Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy-Carignan princesse de Lamballe ( September 8, 1749 &ndash September 3, 1792) was an Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen (November 2 1755 &ndash October 16 1793 known to history as Marie Antoinette ( pronounced /maʀi ɑ̃ntwanɛt/ Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre, duchesse d'Orléans, ( March 13 1753 - June 23 1821) wife of the so-called "royal Louise Marie Thérèse Bathilde d'Orléans princesse de Condé ( Saint-Cloud, July 9 1750 - Paris, January 10 1822) was Louis Philippe ( 6 October 1773 &ndash 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the Orléans is the name used by several branches of the Royal House of France all descended in the legitimate male line from the dynasty's royal founder Hugh Capet
Miscellaneous
Victor Hugo proposed to his wife here in 1821. Victor-Marie Hugo ( ( February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) was a French Poet, Playwright, Novelist Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year
Dreux is the home of one of the strongest cricket teams in France.
Births
Dreux was the birthplace of:
- Jean Rotrou (1609-1650), poet and tragedian
- Louis Charles Delescluze (1809-1871), journalist
Twin towns
Dreux is twinned with:
Todi, Italy, since 1960
Melsungen, Germany, since 1966
Koudougou, Burkina Faso, since 1972
Evesham, United Kingdom, since 1977- Bautzen, Germany, since 1992
External links
- City council website (in French)
- Tourist office website
- Personal website about Dreux (in French)
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