Chartres (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁtʁ]) is a commune and capital of the Eure-et-Loir department in France. It is located about 90 km (56 mi) southwest of Paris. Chartres is famous world-wide for its cathedral. Mostly constructed between 1193 and 1250, this Gothic cathedral is in an exceptional state of preservation.
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Position de Chartres (en rose) dans son arrondissement (en vert) au sein du département d'Eure-et-Loir (grisé). Le centre de la ville se situe sur un promontoire rocheux. Chartres, vu à partir du Pont Bouju sur l' Eure. Chartres est une commune française, préfecture du département d' Eure-et-Loir, dans la région Centre-Val de Loire.
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You can help Wikipedia by finding good sources, and adding them. (November 2020) Chartres is a French commune in the Eure-et-Loir department. About 39,000 people live there.
- 16.85 km² (6.51 sq mi)
- Eure-et-Loir
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philosopher (maybe Pythagoras) on one of the archivolts over the right door of the west portal at Chartres During the High Middle Ages, the Chartres Cathedral established the cathedral School of Chartres, an important center of French scholarship located in Paris.
Ivo of Chartres (also Ives, Yves, or Yvo; Latin: Ivo Carnutensis; c. 1040 – 23 December 1115), also known as Saint Ivo in the Roman Catholic Church, was the Bishop of Chartres, France from 1090 until his death, and an important canonist during the Investiture Crisis.
- 23 May
- Canonists (?)
- 18 December 1570, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Pius V
- Roman Catholic Church
Chartres är huvudort i departementet Eure-et-Loir. År 2017 hade Chartres 38 578 invånare. Här ligger Katedralen i Chartres. Chartres är en landsortsstad i Loiredalen, vid floden Eure (120 km från Charles-de-Gaulleflygplatsen och 80 km sydväst om Paris). Staden ligger 170 meter över havet. Chartres betraktas också som parfymens huvudstad.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Fort Chartres) Fort de Chartres was a French fortification first built in 1720 on the east bank of the Mississippi River in present-day Illinois. It was used as an administrative center for the province.
De la Wikipedia, enciclopedia liberă Chartres – Catedrala Notre-Dame de Chartres Chartres este un oraș în Franța, prefectura departamentului Eure-et-Loir în regiunea Centru. Catedrala Notre-Dame de Chartres a fost înscrisă în anul 1979 pe lista patrimoniului cultural mondial UNESCO.
Chartres je mesto in občina v osrednji francoski regiji Center, prefektura departmaja Eure-et-Loir. Leta 2012 je mesto imelo 38.889 prebivalcev, širše urbano območje pa 144.057 (2010). Leta 2012 je mesto imelo 38.889 prebivalcev, širše urbano območje pa 144.057 (2010).
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