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Le Boullay-Mivoye
Location of Le Boullay-Mivoye
Map
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentEure-et-Loir
ArrondissementDreux
CantonNogent-le-Roi
IntercommunalityDrouais
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Christian Mary
Area
1
10.92 km2 (4.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
424
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
28054 /28210
Elevation115–162 m (377–531 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Boullay-Mivoye is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

Geography

The village is positioned on the RN154 between Dreux and Chartres, a little closer to the former than to the latter.

History

A standing stone testifies to the existence of human settlement in prehistoric times, and the remains of various farms from the Roman and Gallo-Roman periods have also been found in the vicinity.

During the Revolution there was across France a resurgence of enthusiasm the Gallo-Roman period, and Le Boullay-Mivoye was for a time called Le Boullay-Brutus[1].

Il existe des traces anciennes de présence humaine sur le territoire comme la Pierre-Fixte, divers restes de fermes gauloise ou gallo-romaine.

Le Fonville fut à l'origine le "domaine d'Offun" ou Offoni Villa au 8th century, puis Offounvilla au 13th century et enfin Auffonville au 18th century.

Au cours de la Révolution française, la commune porta provisoirement le nom de Boullay-Brutus[1].

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962223—    
1968233+4.5%
1975266+14.2%
1982347+30.5%
1990353+1.7%
1999344−2.5%
2008424+23.3%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet {{{1}}}, EHESS (in French). Cite error: The named reference "Cass" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).