Eure-et-Loir

The department of Eure- et- Loir [ œʀelwa ː ʀ ] is a French department of atomic number 28 It is in the center of the country in the Centre region and is named after the rivers Loir Eure and. The department has an area of ​​5880 km ² and 430 416 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011).

Geography

The department of Eure- et- Loir is bordered to the north by the department of Eure, in the north- east by the department of Yvelines, on the east by the department of Essonne, in the southeast on the department of Loiret, on the south by the department of Loir -et -Cher and on the west by the Sarthe and Orne.

The largest part of the department is part of the landscape of the Beauce, the west to the landscape of the Perche. The eponymous rivers both originate in the Perche. While your first flows eastward to the town of Chartres and the department then exits to the north, drained the Loir the department to the south.

Cities

The most densely populated municipalities in the department of Eure -et -Loir are:

Administrative divisions

The department of Eure- et- Loir is divided into 4 arrondissements, 29 cantons and 402 communes: