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.

Anet
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Anet
Anet Anet
Coordinates: 48°51′26″N 1°26′21″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Dreux
Canton	Anet
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Dreux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Aliette Le Bihan
Area ^1	7.85 km^2 (3.03 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,733
• Density	350/km^2 (900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	28007 /28260
Elevation	57–132 m (187–433 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (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

Year Pop. ±% 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%

Year Pop. ±% 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%

Popular culture

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

See also

• Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department

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)