Faverolles, Eure-et-Loir

Faverolles

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Faverolles

Coordinates: 48°41′18″N 1°34′45″E / 48.6883°N 1.5792°E / 48.6883; 1.5792Coordinates: 48°41′18″N 1°34′45″E / 48.6883°N 1.5792°E / 48.6883; 1.5792
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement Dreux
Canton Nogent-le-Roi
Intercommunality Quatre Vallées
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Christian Bourganel
Area1 9.94 km2 (3.84 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 858
  Density 86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 28146 / 28210
Elevation 124–168 m (407–551 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Faverolles is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. The Faverolles chicken breed is named after it.

André Hornez, lyricist of C'est si bon, Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux ?, Ça vaut mieux que d'attraper la scarlatine, Tiens, tiens, tiens, Avec son tralala, Je suis swing, lived in Mesnil-Condit until his death in 1989 and is buried there.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962319    
1968326+2.2%
1975369+13.2%
1982411+11.4%
1990594+44.5%
1999767+29.1%
2008858+11.9%

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