Maillebois

Maillebois
Commune
The chateau in Maillebois
Coat of arms
Location of Maillebois
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Coordinates: 48°37′48″N1°08′57″E / 48.63°N 1.1492°E / 48.63; 1.1492
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Dreux
Canton	Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets
Intercommunality	CA Pays de Dreux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Arnaud de Boisanger [1]
Area 1	41 km2 (16 sq mi)
Population  (2022) [2]	926
• Density	23/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	28226 /28170
Elevation	137–191 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. In 1973 it absorbed three former communes: Blévy, Saint-Maixme-Hauterive and Dampierre-sur-Blévy. ^[3]

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. ^[4]

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 ^[5]
• Rouvray farm, a former Chateau Fort (which is a fortified building, like a fortress, but often also a practical building) and registered monument. ^[6] It was a fort during the Hundred Years' War.
• Les Forges de Dampierre-sur-Blévy, a former foundry and a registered monument ^[7]
• 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
• 
  Chateau de Maillebois
• 
  Bust of Hubert Latham in the town centre.
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  Aerial photograph of Dreux-Louvilliers Air Base
• 
  The Blaise in Maillebois

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0024, 28 January 1973, pp. 1114-1117.
4. "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2512004 - Forêts et étangs du Perche - Description".
5. Base Mérimée : Chateau de Maillebois , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
6. Base Mérimée : Rouvray farm , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
7. Base Mérimée : Les Forges de Dampierre-sur-Blévy , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

External links

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