is a town and
Commune in northwest
France , in the
Eure-et-Loir ''
Département ''.
Dreux came to national attention in
1983 when the then-small
National Front made its first electoral breakthrough, winning control of the city council and deputy mayorship. This came at a time of rising
Unemployment and popular resentment directed at the visible and impoverished community of
Immigrants , mostly
Muslims . The
Socialist Mayor at the time,
Françoise Gaspard , later wrote a book about her experience and the times, ''
A Small City In France ''.
Dreux was the birthplace of:
Victor Hugo proposed to his wife here in
1821 .
Members of the
Orléans family, including king
Louis-Philippe (reigned
1830 -
1848 ), are buried in the
Royal Chapel Of Dreux .
Dreux is the home of one of the strongest cricket teams in France.
