Eure-et-Loir

**Eure-et-Loir** is a department in north-central France in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It is named after the two main rivers that flow through the department: Eure and Loir.

Its prefecture is Chartres and there are three subprefectures: Châteaudun, Dreux and Nogent-le-Rotrou.

## History
The department is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790. The department was created mainly from parts of the former provinces of *Orléanais* (Beauce) and *Maine* (Perche), but also parts of the old *Île-de-France*.

The new department had six districts: Chartres, Châteaudun, Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais, Dreux, Janville and Nogent-le-Rotrou. The capital (now prefecture) was Chartres.

In 1800, with the creation of the *arrondissements* in France, the six districts were changed into four *arrondissements*: Chartres, Châteaudun, Dreux and Nogent-le-Rotrou.

The rivers in the department are in two watersheds:
* The watershed of the Seine to the north of the department, with its tributary the Eure river.
* The watershed of the Loire river to the south of the department, with its tributary the Loir river.

### Climate 
The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Chartres is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Marine West Coast Climate) and of the subtype **Cfb**.

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Chartres is . The month with the most precipitation on average is November with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is July with an average of .

The average temperature for the year in Chartres is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of .

## Administration
The department is managed by the *Departmental Council of the Eure-et-Loir* in Chartres. Eure-et-Loir is part of the region of Centre-Val de Loire.

### Administrative divisions
There are 4 *arrondissements* (districts), 15 *cantons* and 375 *communes* (municipalities) in Eure-et-Loir.

The following is a list of the 21 cantons of the Eure-et-Loir department, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:

* Anet (2801)
* Auneau (2802)
* Brou (2803)
* Chartres-1 (2804)
* Chartres-2 (2805)
* Chartres-3 (2806)
* Châteaudun (2807)
* Dreux-1 (2808)
* Dreux-2 (2809)
* Épernon (2810)
* Illiers-Combray (2811)
* Lucé (2812)
* Nogent-le-Rotrou (2813)
* Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets (2814)
* Voves (2815)

## Demographics
The inhabitants of Eure-et-Loir are known, in French, as *Euréliens* (women: *Euréliennes*).

Eure-et-Loir has a population, in 2014, of 433,762, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2. The *arrondissement* of Chartres, with 207,869 inhabitants, is by far the largest.

**Evolution of the population in Eure-et-Loir**

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The main cities in the department are:

## Gallery

File:Notre Dame de Chartres.jpg|Chartres cathedral.
File:20050921ChStJean1.jpg|Nogent-le-Rotrou.
File:Chateaudun Chateau 03.jpg|Châteaudun.
File:Bonneval Abbaye St Florentin.JPG|Bonneval Abbey.
File:Dreux chapelle royale.jpg|*Chapelle royale*, Dreux.

## References
## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Eure-et-Loir department
* Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department

## Other websites
* Departmental Council website 
* Prefecture website