This book was created and published on StoryJumper™

©2014 StoryJumper, Inc.   All rights reserved.

Publish your own children's book: 

www.storyjumper.com

For my project, I have chosen Dreux, France. It is 

a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in 

northern France. The Eure-et-Loir is a French 

department named after the Eure and Loir rivers 

in the northern region of France. Dreux is located 

approximately 52.0088 miles from Paris. The 

absolute location of Dreux is 48.7372° N, 1.3664° 

E.

 Here are some characteristic about Dreux that make it 

unique. It is neighboring with Spain and Germany, and 

is very close to Italy. It is currently in Central European 

Summer Time(CEST). The time in Dreux is 6 hours 

ahead of us. When the time is 6:00 here, it is midnight 

there. A couple of big cities located near Dreux are 

Vernon, France, Limay, France, and Elancourt, France. 

The population in 2008 was 31,212. The greatest 

increase in population was in 1968 when the population 

grew 36%. The greatest decrease in population was in 

1999 when the population decreased by 9%, far less 

than the greatest increase. The most recent mayor of 

Dreux was Gérard Hamel. The area of Dreux is 24.27 

km²(9.37 mi²). This small city was the birthplace of 

many famous people, such as Eddie London, Jean 

Rotrou, and François-André Danican Philidor, a chess 

player!! :) :).(I play chess). All in all, Dreux may seem 

like a small town, but really it is a large city.

People may be asking, "Do the people of Dreux trade?" 

The answer is no,they do not. But I did find something 

interesting. The first Count of Dreux was Sir Robert, 

son of, get this, King Louis the Fat. He lived from the 

year 1081 to 1137. The first large battle of The French 

Wars of Religion occurred in Dreux on Dec. 19, 1562. 

The Catholics won the war. Dreux is in the Centre 

region of France, one of the 27 regions in the country 

of France.

One of the famous churches in Dreux is the Saint-Pierre 

church, a Roman Catholic church constructed between 

the 13th and the 16th century. The building was 

destroyed in 1944. It has since been reconstructed. And 

Dreux was known in ancient times as Durocassium. The 

ancient Romans built a forbidden camp called Castrum 

Drocas. In 1775, the land of Dreux was given to the 

Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre. Since 

1960, Dreux has been twinned with Todi, Italy, and 

Bautzen, Germany, and Melsungen, Germany. 

Thanks to Wikipedia! The End!

You've previewed 10 of 16 pages.

To read more: