Anet

Anet is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It lies 14 km north-northeast of Dreux between the rivers Eure and Vesgre, the latter flowing into the former some 4 km northeast of Anet town hall.

For other uses, see Anet (disambiguation).
Anet
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Anet
Anet
Anet
Coordinates: 48°51′26″N 1°26′21″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentEure-et-Loir
ArrondissementDreux
CantonAnet
IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération du Pays de Dreux
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Aliette Le Bihan
Area
1
7.85 km2 (3.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
2,733
 • Density350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
28007 /28260
Elevation57–132 m (187–433 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

The town possesses the remains of a castle, the Château d'Anet, built in the middle of the 16th century by Henry II for Diana of Poitiers. Near it is the plain of Ivry-la-Bataille, where Henry IV defeated the armies of the Catholic League in 1590.[2]

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 1,475—    
1800 1,557+5.6%
1806 1,486−4.6%
1821 1,322−11.0%
1831 1,416+7.1%
1836 1,422+0.4%
1846 1,401−1.5%
1856 1,344−4.1%
1866 1,418+5.5%
1872 1,447+2.0%
1881 1,447+0.0%
1891 1,431−1.1%
1901 1,316−8.0%
1911 1,395+6.0%
YearPop.±%
1921 1,256−10.0%
1926 1,239−1.4%
1936 1,235−0.3%
1946 1,294+4.8%
1954 1,215−6.1%
1962 1,341+10.4%
1968 1,464+9.2%
1975 1,700+16.1%
1982 2,297+35.1%
1990 2,696+17.4%
1999 2,650−1.7%
2007 2,626−0.9%
2015 2,690+2.4%

The opening scene of the James Bond film "Thunderball" was shot in Anet.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Anet". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 4.
  3. (in French)
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