Anet
Commune
Coat of arms of Anet
Coat of arms
Location of Anet
Map
Anet is located in France
Anet
Anet
Anet is located in Centre-Val de Loire
Anet
Anet
Coordinates: 48°51′26″N 1°26′21″E / 48.8572°N 1.4392°E / 48.8572; 1.4392
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentEure-et-Loir
ArrondissementDreux
CantonAnet
IntercommunalityCA Pays de Dreux
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Aliette Le Bihan[1]
Area
1
7.85 km2 (3.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,696
 • Density340/km2 (890/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.

Anet (French pronunciation: [anɛt]) 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.

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.[3]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,475—    
1800 1,557+0.78%
1806 1,486−0.77%
1821 1,322−0.78%
1831 1,416+0.69%
1836 1,422+0.08%
1841 1,409−0.18%
1846 1,401−0.11%
1851 1,400−0.01%
1856 1,344−0.81%
1861 1,406+0.91%
1866 1,418+0.17%
1872 1,447+0.34%
1876 1,465+0.31%
1881 1,447−0.25%
1886 1,466+0.26%
1891 1,431−0.48%
1896 1,395−0.51%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,316−1.16%
1906 1,372+0.84%
1911 1,395+0.33%
1921 1,256−1.04%
1926 1,239−0.27%
1931 1,252+0.21%
1936 1,235−0.27%
1946 1,294+0.47%
1954 1,215−0.78%
1962 1,341+1.24%
1968 1,464+1.47%
1975 1,700+2.16%
1982 2,297+4.39%
1990 2,696+2.02%
1999 2,651−0.19%
2007 2,626−0.12%
2012 2,673+0.36%
2017 2,733+0.44%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Popular culture

The opening scene of the James Bond film "Thunderball" was shot in Anet.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Anet". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 4.
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Anet, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ [1] (in French)
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