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Arrondissement of Dreux
Arrondissement of France
Location of Dreux in Eure-et-Loir
Location of Dreux in Eure-et-Loir
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Eure-et-Loir
Communes 108
Subprefecture Dreux
INSEE code 283
Area
 • Total 1,500.5 km2 (579.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total 129,431
 • Density 86.259/km2 (223.409/sq mi)

The arrondissement of Dreux is an arrondissement of France, in the Eure-et-Loir department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Dreux.

History

When the Eure-et-Loir department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Dreux was part of that original department.

Geography

The arrondissement of Dreux is the most southern of the arrondissements of the Eure-et-Loir department. It has an area of 1,500.5 km2 (579.3 sq mi) and a population of 129,431 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the Eure department, to the east by the Yvelines department, to the south by the arrondissement of Chartres, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou and to the west by the Orne department.

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

The cantons in the arrondissement of Dreux are:

  1. Anet (2801)
  2. Dreux-1 (2808)
  3. Dreux-2 (2809)
  4. Épernon (2810) (partly)
  5. Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets (2814)

Communes

The arrondissement of Dreux has 108 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

  1. Abondant (28001)
  2. Allainville (28003)
  3. Anet (28007)
  4. Ardelles (28008)
  5. Aunay-sous-Crécy (28014)
  6. Beauche (28030)
  7. Berchères-sur-Vesgre (28036)
  8. Bérou-la-Mulotière (28037)
  9. Boissy-en-Drouais (28045)
  10. Boissy-lès-Perche (28046)
  11. Boncourt (28050)
  12. Le Boullay-les-Deux-Églises (28053)
  13. Le Boullay-Mivoye (28054)
  14. Le Boullay-Thierry (28055)
  15. Boutigny-Prouais (28056)
  16. Bréchamps (28058)
  17. Brezolles (28059)
  18. Broué (28062)
  19. Bû (28064)
  20. La Chapelle-Forainvilliers (28076)
  21. La Chapelle-Fortin (28077)
  22. Charpont (28082)
  23. Châtaincourt (28087)
  24. Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais (28089)
  25. Les Châtelets (28090)
  26. Chaudon (28094)
  27. La Chaussée-d'Ivry (28096)
  28. Cherisy (28098)
  29. Coulombs (28113)
  30. Crécy-Couvé (28117)
  31. Croisilles (28118)
  32. Crucey-Villages (28120)
  33. Dampierre-sur-Avre (28124)
  34. Digny (28130)
  35. Dreux (28134)
  36. Écluzelles (28136)
  37. Escorpain (28143)
  38. Faverolles (28146)
  39. Favières (28147)
  40. La Ferté-Vidame (28149)
  41. Fessanvilliers-Mattanvilliers (28151)
  42. Fontaine-les-Ribouts (28155)
  43. La Framboisière (28159)
  44. Garancières-en-Drouais (28170)
  45. Garnay (28171)
  46. Germainville (28178)
  47. Gilles (28180)
  48. Goussainville (28185)
  49. Guainville (28187)
  50. Havelu (28193)
  51. Jaudrais (28200)
  52. Lamblore (28202)
  53. Laons (28206)
  54. Lormaye (28213)
  55. Louvilliers-en-Drouais (28216)
  56. Louvilliers-lès-Perche (28217)
  57. Luray (28223)
  58. Maillebois (28226)
  59. La Mancelière (28231)
  60. Marchezais (28235)
  61. Marville-Moutiers-Brûlé (28239)
  62. Le Mesnil-Simon (28247)
  63. Le Mesnil-Thomas (28248)
  64. Mézières-en-Drouais (28251)
  65. Montigny-sur-Avre (28263)
  66. Montreuil (28267)
  67. Morvilliers (28271)
  68. Néron (28275)
  69. Nogent-le-Roi (28279)
  70. Ormoy (28289)
  71. Ouerre (28292)
  72. Oulins (28293)
  73. Les Pinthières (28299)
  74. Prudemanche (28308)
  75. La Puisaye (28310)
  76. Puiseux (28312)
  77. Les Ressuintes (28314)
  78. Revercourt (28315)
  79. Rohaire (28316)
  80. Rouvres (28321)
  81. Rueil-la-Gadelière (28322)
  82. Saint-Ange-et-Torçay (28323)
  83. Sainte-Gemme-Moronval (28332)
  84. Saint-Jean-de-Rebervilliers (28341)
  85. Saint-Laurent-la-Gâtine (28343)
  86. Saint-Lubin-de-Cravant (28346)
  87. Saint-Lubin-de-la-Haye (28347)
  88. Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets (28348)
  89. Saint-Lucien (28349)
  90. Saint-Maixme-Hauterive (28351)
  91. Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy (28355)
  92. Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre (28359)
  93. Saint-Sauveur-Marville (28360)
  94. La Saucelle (28368)
  95. Saulnières (28369)
  96. Saussay (28371)
  97. Senantes (28372)
  98. Senonches (28373)
  99. Serazereux (28374)
  100. Serville (28375)
  101. Sorel-Moussel (28377)
  102. Thimert-Gâtelles (28386)
  103. Tremblay-les-Villages (28393)
  104. Tréon (28394)
  105. Vernouillet (28404)
  106. Vert-en-Drouais (28405)
  107. Villemeux-sur-Eure (28415)
  108. Villiers-le-Morhier (28417)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		 Commune Population
(2014)		 Canton Intercommunality
28134 Dreux 31,191 Dreux-1 and Dreux-2 CA du Pays de Dreux
28404 Vernouillet 12,415 Dreux-1 CA du Pays de Dreux
28279 Nogent-le-Roi 4,116 Épernon Les Portes Euréliennes d'Ile de France
28348 Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets 4,082 Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets CA du Pays de Dreux
28359 Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre 3,908 Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets CA du Pays de Dreux
28373 Senonches 3,106 Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets Les Forêts du Perche
28007 Anet 2,676 Anet CA du Pays de Dreux
28089 Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais 2,664 Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets CA du Pays de Dreux
28001 Abondant 2,282 Anet CA du Pays de Dreux
28393 Tremblay-les-Villages 2,281 Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets CA du Pays de Dreux

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