Maillebois

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Arnaud de Boisanger^[1]Area41 km² (16 sq mi)Population911 • Density22/km² (58/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation137–191 m (449–627 ft)
(avg. 165 m or 541 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Maillebois (French pronunciation: [majbwa]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. The Blaise, a tributary of the Eure, runs through the town.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,040	—
1968	770	−26.0%
1975	843	+9.5%
1982	828	−1.8%
1990	821	−0.8%
1999	917	+11.7%
2008	990	+8.0%
2016	930	−6.1%

Places of interest

• Chateau de Maillebois, a registered monument^[3]
• Rouvray farm, a former Chateau Fort (which is a fortified building, like a fortress, but often also a practical building) and registered monument.^[4] It was a fort during the Hundred Years' War.
• Les Forges de Dampierre-sur-Blévy, a former foundry and a registered monument^[5]
• 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)

See also

• Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department

Gallery

• 
  Rouvray farm
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  Chateau de Maillebois
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  Bust of Hubert Latham in the town centre.
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  Aerial photograph of Dreux-Louvilliers Air Base
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  The Blaise in Maillebois

References

External links

• Town website
• Les Forges de Dampierre-sur-Blévy website