Maillebois

Maillebois
Maillebois
	Commune
	The chateau in Maillebois
	Coat of arms
	Location of Maillebois
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	Coordinates: 48°37′48″N 1°08′57″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Dreux
Canton	Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Dreux
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Christian Maisons
Area 1	41 km2 (16 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	922
• Density	22/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 is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. The Blaise, a tributary of the Eure, runs through the town.

Population

Chateau de Maillebois, a registered monument[2]
Rouvray farm, a former Chateau Fort (which is a fortified building, like a fortress, but often also a practical building) and registered monument.[3] It was a fort during the Hundred Years' War.
Les Forges de Dampierre-sur-Blévy, a former foundry and a registered monument[4]
Dreux-Louvilliers Air Base is a former United States Air Force base near Maillebois

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)

gollark: *hides kill record*

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gollark: Me.

gollark: It's evening here.

gollark: Thanks to my cool sunglasses!

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