Maillebois

Maillebois
Maillebois
	Commune
	; Coat of arms
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	Maillebois Location within Centre-Val de Loire region Maillebois
	Coordinates: 48°37′48″N 1°08′57″E / 48.63°N 1.1492°ECoordinates: 48°37′48″N 1°08′57″E / 48.63°N 1.1492°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
Area1	41 km2 (16 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	990
• Density	24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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^[1]
Rouvray farm, a former Chateau Fort (which is a fortified building, like a fortress, but often also a practical building) and registered monument.^[2] It was a fort during the Hundred Years' War.
Les Forges de Dampierre-sur-Blévy, a former foundry and a registered monument^[3]
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)

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