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Flag of the Departmental Council of Eure-et-Loir - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 9 April 2017
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Code: 28
Region: Centre-Val de Loire
Traditional provinces:
Orléanais,
Maine,
Île-de-France
Bordering departments: Eure,
Loir-et-Cher,
Loiret, Orne,
Sarthe, Yvelines,
Essonne
Area: 5,880 km2
Population (2006): 421,114 inhabitants
Préfecture: Chartres
Sous-préfectures: Châteaudun, Dreux,
Nogent-le-Rotrou
Subdivisions: 4 arrondissements, 29 cantons, 403 communes.
The department is named after rivers Eure (225 km),
tributary of the Seine, and Loir (311 km), tributary of the Sarthe.
Decree of 30 September 1974 transferred the former municipality of
Dommerville (Eure-et-Loir) to the municipality of
Angerville (Essonne).
Ivan Sache, 11 November 2009
The flag of the Departmental Council of Eure-et-Loire, hoisted in front of the Castel Maintenon hotel, is a modification of the flag of the former General Council, following the 2015 reform.
The writing was changed from "Conseil général" to "Conseil départemental", the font was modified, the design of the central ampersand/wheat ears was changed, and the shade of green was modified.
Olivier Touzeau, 9 April 2017
Flag of the formerGeneral Council of Eure-et-Loir, left, 1999-2015; right, until 1999 - Images by Olivier Touzeau, 9 April 2017
The General Council of Eure-et-Loir flies, along the French national flag, a green flag with the logo of the General Council covering almost the full width of the flag.
The logo, adopted in 1999, is made of the full name of the departement, with "et" (and) symbolized by an ampersand (&) made of wheat ears. A part of the Beauce region, used to be called "the wheat loft of France" (le grenier à blé de la France is located in Eure-et-Loir.The General Council used before 1999 a logo made of the two blue letters "EL" with two red wavy lines and a little white "28" in the "E". The letters and the lines are the symbols of the rivers that gave their names to the departement.
Olivier Touzeau & Ivan Sache, 10 April 2017