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Eure-et-Loir

French department
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Summary

Eure-et-Loir is a department of France[1]. Eure-et-Loir draws 2,900 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #66 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Centre-Val de Loire[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Head of government: Christophe Le Dorven[5]
  • Capital: Chartres[6]
  • Shares border with: Eure[7], Yvelines[8], Essonne[9], Loiret[10], Loir-et-Cher[11], Sarthe[12], Orne[13]
  • Named after: Eure[14], Loir[15]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Chartres[16], arrondissement of Châteaudun[17], arrondissement of Dreux[18], arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou[19], Dommerville[20]
  • Commons category: Eure-et-Loir[21]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[22], UTC+02:00[23]
  • Inception: March 4, 1790[24]
  • Highest point: Q26898469[25]
  • Official website: https://www.eurelien.fr/[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Eure-et-Loir[27]
  • Commons gallery: Eure-et-Loir[28]
  • Population: 433,762[29], 434,035[30], 433,233[31], 431,997[32], 431,575[33], 431,443[34], 431,277[35], 432,950[36], 433,129[37]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Eure-et-Loir[38]
  • Office held by head of government: president of the departmental council of Eure-et-Loir[39]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[42], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[43]
  • Official name: Eure-et-Loir[44]
  • List of monuments: list of "monuments historiques" in French department Eure-et-Loir[45]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Eure-et-Loir[46]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Eure-et-Loir[47]
  • Demonym: Eurélien[48]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Eure-et-Loir[49]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Eure-et-Loir[50]

Why It Matters

Eure-et-Loir has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Eure-et-Loir is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Related Entities

Bonneval Chartres Châteaudun Dreux Eure France Maintenon Nogent-le-Rotrou

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → arrondissement of Chartres, arrondissement of Châteaudun, arrondissement of Dreux +2
    Located in time zone → UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37234|batch #37234]]: Remove redundant P421, they are available at a higher administrative level"
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