Maillebois Explained

Maillebois
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Maillebois.svg
Arrondissement:	Dreux
Canton:	Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets
Insee:	28226
Postal Code:	28170
Mayor:	Arnaud de Boisanger^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CA Pays de Dreux
Coordinates:	48.63°N 1.1492°W
Elevation M:	165
Elevation Min M:	137
Elevation Max M:	191
Area Km2:	41

Maillebois (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. The Blaise, a tributary of the Eure, runs through the town. In 1973 it absorbed three former communes: Blévy, Saint-Maixme-Hauterive and Dampierre-sur-Blévy.^[2]

Geography

Maillebois along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.^[3]

Population

Places of interest

Chateau de Maillebois, a registered monument
Rouvray farm, a former Chateau Fort (which is a fortified building, like a fortress, but often also a practical building) and registered monument. It was a fort during the Hundred Years' War.
Les Forges de Dampierre-sur-Blévy, a former foundry and a registered monument
Dreux-Louvilliers Air Base is a former United States Air Force base near Maillebois

Famous residents

Jean-Baptiste Francois des Marets, marquis of Maillebois, was a Marshal of France.
Paul-Félix Armand-Delille, bacteriologist who introduced the myxomatosis virus in his estate of the château.
Hubert Latham lived in the Chateau de Maillebois (the family home)

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.
https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/id/JORFCONT000000021030 Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes)
Web site: INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2512004 - Forêts et étangs du Perche - Description.