Nogent-le-Roi

Nogent-le-Roi
Nogent-le-Roi
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Dreux
Canton	Nogent-le-Roi
Intercommunality	Quatre Vallées
Mayor	Jean-Paul Mallet (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	91–138 m (299–453 ft)
Land area1	13.01 km2 (5.02 sq mi)
Population2	4,114  (2008)
- Density	316 /km2 (820 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	28279/ 28210
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.

Coordinates: 48°38′58″N 1°31′46″E / 48.6494444444°N 1.52944444444°E / 48.6494444444; 1.52944444444

Nogent-le-Roi is a commune in the department of Eure-et-Loir in the Centre region in northern France.

It is located some 20 kilometres north of Chartres and a shorter distance to the southeast of Dreux.

Population

Historical population of Nogent-le-Roi

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
1833	1876	2527	3267	3832	4142	4114

Royal deaths

The first king of the Valois dynasty, Philip VI of France died at Nogent in August 1350, his father, Charles of Valois, himself also having died here in December 1325.

International relations

The town is twinned with Heddesheim near Mannheim in Germany.

See also

• Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official site