Le Puiset
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| Country | France |
| Region | Centre |
| Department | Eure-et-Loir |
| Arrondissement | Chartres |
| Canton | Janville |
| Intercommunality | Beauce de Janville |
| Mayor | Martial Chevallier (2001–2008) |
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| Elevation | 132–150 m (433–490 ft) (avg. 144 m or 472 ft) |
| Land area1 | 7.91 km2 (3.05 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 407 (2008) |
| - Density | 51 /km2 (130 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 28311/ 28310 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 48°12′33″N 1°51′58″E / 48.2092°N 1.8661°E
Le Puiset is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.
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[edit] Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 375 | 398 | 367 | 377 | 365 | 371 | 407 |
[edit] Medieval lordship
In the Middle Ages it was the site of a lordship within the County of Blois and Chartres. The lords descended from the counts of Breteuil, and often also held the position of viscount of Chartres. They participated in the Norman Conquest and the crusades of the 12th century, and were cousins of the dynasty of the Kings of Jerusalem.
[edit] Lords of Le Puiset
- Guilduin, count of Breteuil, viscount of Chartres
- Evrard I, count of Breteuil, viscount of Chartres
- Evrard II, count of Breteuil, viscount of Chartres
- Hugh I Blavans, lord of Le Puiset, viscount of Chartres
- Evrard III, lord of Le Puiset, viscount of Chartres (died c. 1099 on the First Crusade; his brother Galeran of Le Puiset was regent of the County of Edessa)
- Hugh II, regent of Le Puiset, viscount of Chartres (1096–1106), count of Jaffa (father of Hugh II of Jaffa)
- Evrard IV, lord of Le Puiset, viscount of Chartres (brother of Hugh de Puiset, Bishop of Durham)
- Hugh IV, lord of Le Puiset, viscount of Chartres, Count of Bar-sur-Seine (died 1189)
- Milo IV, lord of Le Puiset, viscount of Chartres, count of Bar
- Simon de Rochefort, lord of Le Puiset, viscount of Chartres
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Statistics, in French
- John L. La Monte, The Lords of Le Puiset on the Crusades, Speculum 17 (1942)
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