Maintenon

Maintenon
Château de Maintenon in the town center
Maintenon
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Chartres
Canton	Maintenon
Intercommunality	Terrasses et Vallées de Maintenon
Mayor	Michel Bellanger (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	97–166 m (318–545 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft)
Land area1	11.44 km2 (4.42 sq mi)
Population2	4,461  (2008)
- Density	390 /km2 (1,000 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	28227/ 28130
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.

For the racehorse, see Maintenon (horse).

Maintenon is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located 63.5 km (39.5 mi) southwest of the center of Paris.

Maintenon, together with the neighbouring commune of Pierres, form an urban area of 7,131 inhabitants (1999 census).

History

Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon

Maintenon is known for its picturesque Château de Maintenon, first home to the family d’Angennes, Marquis de Maintenon, later home of Madame de Maintenon, morganatic second wife of King Louis XIV.

Another tourist attraction are the ruins of the aqueduct of Maintenon, built by Louis XIV to carry water from the Eure River to the gardens of the Palace of Versailles.

Population

Historical population of Maintenon

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	2978	3325	3313	3388	4161	4440	4461

Personalities

• Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon
• Françoise-Marie de Bourbon - youngest daughter of Madame de Montespan and Louis XIV, born here in 1677

Transportation

The station

Maintenon is served by Maintenon station on the TER Paris – Montparnasse suburban rail line and on regional rail lines between Versailles and Chartres.

See also

• Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department

References

• INSEE