Rouvray-Saint-Denis

Rouvray-Saint-Denis is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

Rouvray-Saint-Denis
The church of Saint Denis
Location of Rouvray-Saint-Denis
Rouvray-Saint-Denis
Rouvray-Saint-Denis
Coordinates: 48°16′44″N 1°56′43″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentEure-et-Loir
ArrondissementChartres
CantonVoves
IntercommunalityBeauce de Janville
Government
  Mayor (20012008) Jean-Jacques Germain
Area
1
19.35 km2 (7.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
434
  Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
28319 /28310
Elevation129–147 m (423–482 ft)
(avg. 138 m or 453 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

It has long been thought that it was the site of the Battle of the Herrings in 1429, when Sir John Fastolf beat off an attack on an English convoy taking supplies to the siege of Orléans; but in his biography of Fastolf, The Real Falstaff, Stephen Cooper argues that the battle is more likely to have taken place at Rouvray-Sainte-Croix.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962385    
1968358−7.0%
1975308−14.0%
1982309+0.3%
1990326+5.5%
1999359+10.1%
2008435+21.2%

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.



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