Anet | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Anet (Eure-et-Loir).svg |
Arrondissement: | Dreux |
Canton: | Anet |
Intercommunality: | CA Pays de Dreux |
Insee: | 28007 |
Postal Code: | 28260 |
Mayor: | Aliette Le Bihan[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 48.8572°N 1.4392°W |
Elevation Min M: | 57 |
Elevation Max M: | 132 |
Area Km2: | 7.85 |
Anet (in French pronounced as /anɛt/) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It lies 14 km north-northeast of Dreux between the rivers Eure and Vesgre, the latter flowing into the former some 4 km northeast of Anet town hall.
The town possesses the remains of a castle, the Château d'Anet, built in the middle of the 16th century by Henry II for Diana of Poitiers. Near it is the plain of Ivry-la-Bataille, where Henry IV defeated the armies of the Catholic League in 1590.
The opening scene of the James Bond film "Thunderball" was shot in Anet.[2]