Abondant

Abondant is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

Abondant
Commune
Château d'Abondant
Location of Abondant
Abondant
Abondant
Coordinates: 48°47′N 1°26′E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentEure-et-Loir
ArrondissementDreux
CantonAnet
IntercommunalityPays de Dreux
Government
 • Mayor (2020-2026) Virginie Quentin
Area
1
34.8 km2 (13.4 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
2,368
 • Density68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Abondantais, Abondantaises
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
28001 /28410
Elevation69–141 m (226–463 ft)
(avg. 137 m or 449 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

It is located 10 km north east of Dreux on the D147 road. The l'Avre aqueduct passes to the north of the commune. The Château d'Abondant dates from the reign of Louis XIII and is now a care home. It was previously owned by banker Henry Herman Harjes, Baron Jules de Koenigswarter and his wife, the former Pannonica Rothschild.[2]

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,137—    
1800 1,176+0.48%
1806 1,217+0.57%
1821 1,144−0.41%
1831 1,140−0.04%
1836 1,146+0.11%
1841 1,132−0.25%
1846 1,180+0.83%
1851 1,185+0.08%
1856 1,067−2.08%
1861 933−2.65%
1866 921−0.26%
1872 868−0.98%
1876 879+0.32%
1881 821−1.36%
1886 809−0.29%
1891 916+2.52%
1896 744−4.07%
1901 724−0.54%
1906 724+0.00%
1911 728+0.11%
1921 622−1.56%
1926 678+1.74%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1931 676−0.06%
1936 616−1.84%
1946 728+1.68%
1954 747+0.32%
1962 751+0.07%
1968 815+1.37%
1975 1,017+3.21%
1982 1,314+3.73%
1990 1,494+1.62%
1999 1,742+1.72%
2006 1,977+1.82%
2007 2,010+1.67%
2008 2,042+1.59%
2009 2,101+2.89%
2010 2,160+2.81%
2011 2,218+2.69%
2012 2,221+0.14%
2013 2,246+1.13%
2014 2,282+1.60%
2015 2,320+1.67%
2016 2,358+1.64%
2017 2,372+0.59%
2018 2,368−0.17%
Source: EHESS (1793-2006)[3] and INSEE[4]

Politics

Presidential Elections Second Round:[5]

ElectionWinning CandidateParty%
2017 Emmanuel Macron EM 58.12
2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 61.00
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 65.29
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 78.25

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2018". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "HISTORIC CHATEAU FIGURES IN SALE; Abondant, Famous Seigneurie Near Paris, Dates Back More Than 300 Years" (PDF). The New York Times. 19 September 1937. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Abondant, EHESS. (in French)
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. "Résultats France - Présidentielle 2017 - 1er et 2nd tour".


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