Arrondissement of Chartres
French district of the department of Eure-et-Loir
The arrondissement of Chartres is an arrondissement of France in the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 146 communes. Its population is 209,632 (2021), and its area is 2,129.5 km2 (822.2 sq mi).
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Chartres, and their INSEE codes, are:
History
The arrondissement of Chartres was created in 1800.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements.
“Arrondissement of Chartres” enters the record as french district of the department of Eure-et-Loir. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Arrondissement, Chartres and French can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Arrondissement of Chartres” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Arrondissement, Chartres and French provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q700901. VIAF identifies the subject as 173090640. Authority coordinates are 48.450, 1.483. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021, 1800 and 2015.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Arrondissement of Chartres” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.