Anet

Anet
Commune
Location of Anet
Anet
Anet
Coordinates: 48°51′26″N 1°26′21″E / 48.8572°N 1.4392°E / 48.8572; 1.4392
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentEure-et-Loir
ArrondissementDreux
CantonAnet
IntercommunalityCA Pays de Dreux
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Aliette Le Bihan[1]
Area
1
7.85 km2 (3.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
2,708
 • Density345/km2 (893/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
28007 /28260
Elevation57–132 m (187–433 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Anet (French pronunciation: [anɛt]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It lies 14 km north-northeast of Dreux between the rivers Eure and Vesgre, the latter flowing into the former some 4 km northeast of Anet town hall.

History

The town possesses the remains of a castle, the Château d'Anet, built in the middle of the 16th century by Henry II for Diana of Poitiers. Near it is the plain of Ivry-la-Bataille, where Henry IV defeated the armies of the Catholic League in 1590.[3]

Demographics

The opening scene of the James Bond film "Thunderball" was shot in Anet.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Anet". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 4.
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Anet, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ [1] (in French)