Maillebois

Maillebois (French pronunciation: [majbwa]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. The Blaise, a tributary of the Eure, runs through the town. In 1973 it absorbed three former communes: Blévy, Saint-Maixme-Hauterive and Dampierre-sur-Blévy.^[3]

Maillebois
Commune
The chateau in Maillebois
Coat of arms
Location of Maillebois
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Coordinates: 48°37′48″N 1°08′57″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Dreux
Canton	Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets
Intercommunality	CA Pays de Dreux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Arnaud de Boisanger[1]
Area 1	41 km2 (16 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	926
• Density	23/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (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.

Geography

Maillebois along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,040	—
1968	770	−26.0%
1975	843	+9.5%
1982	828	−1.8%
1990	821	−0.8%
1999	917	+11.7%
2008	990	+8.0%
2016	930	−6.1%

Places of interest

• Chateau de Maillebois, a registered monument^[5]
• Rouvray farm, a former Chateau Fort (which is a fortified building, like a fortress, but often also a practical building) and registered monument.^[6] It was a fort during the Hundred Years' War.
• Les Forges de Dampierre-sur-Blévy, a former foundry and a registered monument^[7]
• Dreux-Louvilliers Air Base is a former United States Air Force base near Maillebois

Famous residents

• 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)

See also

• Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department

Gallery

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  Rouvray farm
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  Chateau de Maillebois
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  Bust of Hubert Latham in the town centre.
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  Aerial photograph of Dreux-Louvilliers Air Base
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  The Blaise in Maillebois