Châteaudun

Châteaudun
Châteaudun
Subprefecture and commune
	Chateau
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 48°04′18″N 1°20′19″E / 48.0717°N 1.3387°ECoordinates: 48°04′18″N 1°20′19″E / 48.0717°N 1.3387°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Châteaudun
Canton	Châteaudun
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabien Verdier
Area 1	28.48 km2 (11.00 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	13,078
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	28088 /28200
Elevation	102–152 m (335–499 ft) ; (avg. 140 m or 460 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Châteaudun (French pronunciation: [ʃɑtodœ̃]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.

Geography[]

Châteaudun is located about 45 km northwest of Orléans, and about 50 km south-southwest of Chartres. It lies on the river Loir, a tributary of the Sarthe.

Employment[]

The area is rich agricultural land, but a major local employer is the Châteaudun Air Base just to the east of the town and much larger than it.

Population[]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	5,957	—
1800	6,046	+1.5%
1806	6,161	+1.9%
1821	6,042	−1.9%
1831	6,461	+6.9%
1836	6,776	+4.9%
1841	6,580	−2.9%
1846	6,788	+3.2%
1851	6,745	−0.6%
1856	6,542	−3.0%
1861	6,719	+2.7%
1866	6,781	+0.9%
1872	6,552	−3.4%
1876	6,694	+2.2%
1881	7,036	+5.1%
1886	7,284	+3.5%
1891	7,147	−1.9%

Year	Pop.	±%
1896	7,460	+4.4%
1901	7,146	−4.2%
1906	7,147	+0.0%
1911	7,296	+2.1%
1921	6,587	−9.7%
1926	6,558	−0.4%
1931	6,790	+3.5%
1936	7,057	+3.9%
1946	8,145	+15.4%
1954	9,687	+18.9%
1962	11,982	+23.7%
1968	14,450	+20.6%
1975	15,338	+6.1%
1982	15,319	−0.1%
1990	14,511	−5.3%
1999	14,543	+0.2%
2008	13,905	−4.4%

Main sights[]

Its château is known for being the first on the road to Loire Valley, from Paris.

Churches[]

Saint-Valérien
La Madeleine
Saint-Jean-de-la-Chaîne
Saint-Lubin ruins
Saint-Lubin ruins
Notre-Dame-du-Champdé chapel (now cemetery entrance)
La Boissière chapel

Medieval houses[]

Cuirasserie street and Huileries street angle
Cuirasserie street and Huileries street angle
Louis Esnault house
Château's architects' house
Virgin's house
Virgin's house (detail)

Personalities[]

Châteaudun was the birthplace of:

Pierre Guédron (1570–1620), composer
Nicolas Chaperon (1612–1656) painter
Edmond Modeste Lescarbault (1814), doctor and amateur astronomer
Romain Feillu (1984) road racing cyclist
Brice Feillu (1985) road racing cyclist

Twin towns - sister cities[]

Châteaudun is twinned with:^[3]

Arklow, Ireland
Kroměříž, Czech Republic
Marchena, Spain
Schweinfurt, Germany
Trois-Rivières, Canada

Gallery[]

Châteaudun (Eure-et-Loir) Donjon and chapel of the château
Fountain and façade of the town hall of Châteaudun
A member of the FFI poses with his Bren gun at Châteaudun - 1944

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ "Villes en coopération". chambery.fr (in French). Châteaudun. Retrieved 2019-11-20.