Luisant

Not to be confused with Lieusaint, Seine-et-Marne.

For the Italian wine grape, see Luisant (grape).

Luisant (French pronunciation: [lɥizɑ̃]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

Luisant
Commune
The church in Luisant
Coat of arms
Location of Luisant
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Coordinates: 48°25′57″N 1°28′38″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Chartres
Canton	Lucé
Intercommunality	CA Chartres Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bertrand Massot[1]
Area 1	4.43 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	6,818
• Density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	28220 /28600
Elevation	125–158 m (410–518 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
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. 1831 514 —     1911 1,200 +1.07% 1946 1,714 +1.02% 1954 1,936 +1.53% 1962 3,063 +5.90% 1968 3,491 +2.20% 1975 4,950 +5.12%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1982 5,444 +1.37% 1990 6,411 +2.06% 1999 6,622 +0.36% 2007 6,835 +0.40% 2012 6,757 −0.23% 2017 6,665 −0.27%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Twin towns

Luisant is twinned with:

• Hochstadt, Germany, since 1973^[5]
• Villanueva del Pardillo, Spain, since 2002
• Chions, Italy, since 2002

See also

• Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department