Dreux


	Région	Centre
	Département	Eure-et-Loir
	Arrondissement	Dreux
	Canton	Chief town of trois cantons
	Insee	28134 cp=28100 maire= Gérard Hamel
	Mandat	2001 - 2008
	Intercomm	Communauté D'agglomération Du Drouais
	Longitude	01° 21' 59" E
	Latitude	48° 44' 14" O
	Alt Moy	alt mini=75 m alt maxi=139 m
	Hectares	2,427 km&²=2427
	Sans	31,849
	Date-sans	1999
	Dens	1,3123

Dreux is a town and Commune in northwest France , in the Eure-et-Loir '' Département ''.

POLITICS

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 ''.

MISCELLANEOUS

Dreux was the birthplace of:

Jean Rotrou ( 1609 - 1650 ), Poet and Tragedian

Louis Charles Delescluze ( 1809 - 1871 ), Journalist

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.

EXTERNAL LINKS

City council website (in French)

Tourist office website

Personal website about Dreux (in French)

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Dreux