Chartres

Chartres is a French commune in the Eure-et-Loir department. About 39,000 people live there.

Chartres
The cathedral
Coat of arms
Location of Chartres
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Coordinates: 48°16′20″N 1°17′25″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Area 1	16.85 km2 (6.51 sq mi)
Population  (2012)	38,889
• Density	2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	28085 /28000
Elevation	121–461 m (397–1,512 ft) (avg. 142 m or 466 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sister cities

Chartres is twinned with:

• Ravenna, Italy
• Speyer, Germany
• Chichester, United Kingdom
• Bethlehem, Palestinian Authority
• Évora, Portugal
• Cusco, Peru