Châteaudun
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Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Châteaudun
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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 |
| Intercommunality | Dunois |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Didier Huguet |
| Area1 | 28.48 km2 (11.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 13,905 |
| • Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 28088 / 28200 |
| Elevation | 102–152 m (335–499 ft) (avg. 140 m or 460 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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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.
Châteaudun is located about 45 km northwest of Orléans, and about 50 km south-southwest of Chartres, on the river Loir, a tributary of the Sarthe.
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.
Its château is known for being the first on the road to Loire Valley, from Paris.
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
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)
Châteaudun was the birthplace of:
Châteaudun is twinned with:
Châteaudun (Eure-et-Loir) Donjon and chapel of the château
Fountain and façade of the town hall of Châteaudun
Watched by two small boys, a member of the FFI (French Forces of the Interior) poses with his Bren gun at Chateaudun - 1944
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