Anet

Anet (French pronunciation: [anɛt]) 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.

For other uses, see Anet (disambiguation).
Anet
Commune
Coat of arms of Anet
Coat of arms
Location of Anet
Anet is located in France
Anet
Anet
Anet is located in Centre-Val de Loire
Anet
Anet
Coordinates: 48°51′26″N 1°26′21″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentEure-et-Loir
ArrondissementDreux
CantonAnet
IntercommunalityCA Pays de Dreux
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Aliette Le Bihan[1]
Area
1
7.85 km2 (3.03 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
2,689
 • Density340/km2 (890/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
28007 /28260
Elevation57–132 m (187–433 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (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.[3]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,475—    
1800 1,557+0.78%
1806 1,486−0.77%
1821 1,322−0.78%
1831 1,416+0.69%
1836 1,422+0.08%
1841 1,409−0.18%
1846 1,401−0.11%
1851 1,400−0.01%
1856 1,344−0.81%
1861 1,406+0.91%
1866 1,418+0.17%
1872 1,447+0.34%
1876 1,465+0.31%
1881 1,447−0.25%
1886 1,466+0.26%
1891 1,431−0.48%
1896 1,395−0.51%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,316−1.16%
1906 1,372+0.84%
1911 1,395+0.33%
1921 1,256−1.04%
1926 1,239−0.27%
1931 1,252+0.21%
1936 1,235−0.27%
1946 1,294+0.47%
1954 1,215−0.78%
1962 1,341+1.24%
1968 1,464+1.47%
1975 1,700+2.16%
1982 2,297+4.39%
1990 2,696+2.02%
1999 2,651−0.19%
2007 2,626−0.12%
2012 2,673+0.36%
2017 2,733+0.44%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

The opening scene of the James Bond film "Thunderball" was shot in Anet.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Anet". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 4.
  4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Anet, EHESS (in French).
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. (in French)
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