Rouvray-Saint-Denis

Rouvray-Saint-Denis
Commune
The church of Saint Denis
Rouvray-Saint-Denis
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Rouvray-Saint-Denis
Coordinates: 48°16′44″N 1°56′43″E / 48.2789°N 1.9453°E / 48.2789; 1.9453Coordinates: 48°16′44″N 1°56′43″E / 48.2789°N 1.9453°E / 48.2789; 1.9453
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement Chartres
Canton Voves
Intercommunality Beauce de Janville
Government
  Mayor (20012008) Jean-Jacques Germain
Area1 19.35 km2 (7.47 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 435
  Density 22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 28319 /28310
Elevation 129–147 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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

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