Lèves

Lèves (French pronunciation: [lɛv] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in Northern France.

Lèves
Commune
The town hall in Lèves
Coat of arms
Location of Lèves
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Coordinates: 48°28′11″N 1°28′57″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Chartres
Canton	Chartres-3
Intercommunality	CA Chartres Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rémi Martial[1]
Area 1	7.51 km2 (2.90 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,701
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	28209 /28300
Elevation	120–169 m (394–554 ft) (avg. 126 m or 413 ft)
Website	http://www.ville-leves.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,441	—
1975	3,111	+3.53%
1982	3,427	+1.39%
1990	3,920	+1.69%
1999	4,308	+1.05%
2007	4,398	+0.26%
2012	5,637	+5.09%
2017	5,801	+0.58%
Source: INSEE[3]

International relations

Lèves is twinned with the English town of Nailsworth, Gloucestershire.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department
• Bernard Jumentier