Châteaudun () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It was the site of the Battle of Châteaudun during the Franco-Prussian War.

Geography

Châteaudun is located about 45 km northwest of Orléans, and about 50 km south-southwest of Chartres. It lies on the river Loir, a tributary of the Sarthe.

History

thumb|upright=1.5|France in 1180 when [[Angevin kings of England held all the red territories and Chateudun lay near its border.]]

Châteaudun (Latin ), which dates from the Gallo-Roman period, was in the middle ages the capital of the County of Dunois.

The streets, which radiate from a central square, have a uniformity due to the reconstruction of the town after fires in 1723 and 1870. and INSEE (1968-2023)

|1793 |5957

|1800 |6046

|1806 |6161

|1821 |6042

|1831 |6461

|1836 |6776

|1841 |6580

|1846 |6788

|1851 |6745

|1856 |6542

|1861 |6719

|1866 |6781

|1872 |6552

|1876 |6694

|1881 |7036

|1886 |7284

|1891 |7147

|1896 |7460

|1901 |7146

|1906 |7147

|1911 |7296

|1921 |6587

|1926 |6558

|1931 |6790

|1936 |7057

|1946 |8145

|1954 |9687

|1962 |11982

|1968 |14450

|1975 |15338

|1982 |15319

|1990 |14511

|1999 |14543

|2007 |13963

|2012 |13039

|2017 |13195

|2023 |12830

Main sights

The town has a château, founded in the 10th century,

Churches

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File:Chateaudun - Église Saint-Valérien (1).jpg|Saint-Valérien

File:Chateaudun - Eglise Madeleine (1).jpg|La Madeleine

File:Chateaudun - Eglise St Jean de la Chaine (1).jpg|Saint-Jean-de-la-Chaîne

File:Chateaudun - Eglise Saint-Lubin (1).jpg|Saint-Lubin ruins

File:SaintLubain.jpg|Saint-Lubin ruins

File:Chateaudun - Champde 05.jpg|Notre-Dame-du-Champdé chapel (now cemetery entrance)

File:Chateaudun - Chapelle de la Boissiere (1).jpg|La Boissière chapel

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Medieval houses

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File:Chateaudun - Maison angle Cuirasserie Huileries (1).jpg|Cuirasserie street and Huileries street angle

File:Chateaudun - Maison angle Cuirasserie Huileries (2).jpg|Cuirasserie street and Huileries street angle

File:Chateaudun - Maison St Lubin (1).jpg|Louis Esnault house

File:Chateaudun - Maison des architectes (1).jpg|Château's architects' house

File:Chateaudun - Maison de la Vierge (2).jpg|Virgin's house

File:Chateaudun - Maison de la Vierge (3).jpg|Virgin's house (detail)

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Personalities

Châteaudun was the birthplace of:

  • Pierre Guédron (1570–1620), composer
  • Nicolas Chaperon (1612–1656) painter
  • Edmond Modeste Lescarbault (1814), doctor and amateur astronomer
  • Romain Feillu (1984) road racing cyclist
  • Brice Feillu (1985) road racing cyclist

Twin towns – sister cities

Châteaudun is twinned with:

  • Arklow, Ireland
  • Kroměříž, Czech Republic
  • Marchena, Spain
  • Schweinfurt, Germany
  • Trois-Rivières, Canada

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Image:Chateaudun Chateau 03.jpg|Châteaudun (Eure-et-Loir) Donjon and chapel of the château

Image:France Eure-et-Loir Chateaudun Place de la mairie.JPG|Fountain and façade of the town hall of Châteaudun

Image:Member of the FFI.jpg|A member of the FFI poses with his Bren gun at Châteaudun - 1944

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Climate

See also

  • Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department

References

  • (in French)
  • Tourist office website (in English and French)