Abondant

Abondant (French pronunciation: [abɔ̃dɑ̃] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

Abondant
Commune
Château d'Abondant
Location of Abondant
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Coordinates: 48°47′N 1°26′E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Dreux
Canton	Anet
Intercommunality	CA Pays de Dreux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Virginie Quentin[1]
Area 1	34.8 km2 (13.4 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,446
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Abondantais, Abondantaises
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	28001 /28410
Elevation	69–141 m (226–463 ft) (avg. 137 m or 449 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 is located 10 km north east of Dreux on the D147 road. The l'Avre aqueduct passes to the north of the commune. The Château d'Abondant dates from the reign of Louis XIII and is now a care home. It was previously owned by banker Henry Herman Harjes, Baron Jules de Koenigswarter and his wife, the former Pannonica Rothschild.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,137 —     1800 1,176 +0.48% 1806 1,217 +0.57% 1821 1,144 −0.41% 1831 1,140 −0.04% 1836 1,146 +0.11% 1841 1,132 −0.25% 1846 1,180 +0.83% 1851 1,185 +0.08% 1856 1,067 −2.08% 1861 933 −2.65% 1866 921 −0.26% 1872 868 −0.98% 1876 879 +0.32% 1881 821 −1.36% 1886 809 −0.29% 1891 916 +2.52% 1896 744 −4.07%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 724 −0.54% 1906 724 +0.00% 1911 728 +0.11% 1921 622 −1.56% 1926 678 +1.74% 1931 676 −0.06% 1936 616 −1.84% 1946 728 +1.68% 1954 747 +0.32% 1962 751 +0.07% 1968 815 +1.37% 1975 1,017 +3.21% 1982 1,314 +3.73% 1990 1,494 +1.62% 1999 1,742 +1.72% 2009 2,101 +1.89% 2014 2,282 +1.67% 2020 2,409 +0.91%
Source: EHESS (1793-1999)[4] and INSEE[5]

See also

• Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department