It is located 10 km north east of Dreux on the D147 road. The l'Avre aqueduct passes to the north of the commune. The Château d'Abondant dates from the reign of Louis XIII and is now a care home. It was previously owned by banker Henry Herman Harjes, Baron Jules de Koenigswarter and his wife, the former Pannonica Rothschild.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,137 —     1800 1,176 +0.48% 1806 1,217 +0.57% 1821 1,144 −0.41% 1831 1,140 −0.04% 1836 1,146 +0.11% 1841 1,132 −0.25% 1846 1,180 +0.83% 1851 1,185 +0.08% 1856 1,067 −2.08% 1861 933 −2.65% 1866 921 −0.26% 1872 868 −0.98% 1876 879 +0.32% 1881 821 −1.36% 1886 809 −0.29% 1891 916 +2.52% 1896 744 −4.07%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 724 −0.54% 1906 724 +0.00% 1911 728 +0.11% 1921 622 −1.56% 1926 678 +1.74% 1931 676 −0.06% 1936 616 −1.84% 1946 728 +1.68% 1954 747 +0.32% 1962 751 +0.07% 1968 815 +1.37% 1975 1,017 +3.21% 1982 1,314 +3.73% 1990 1,494 +1.62% 1999 1,742 +1.72% 2009 2,101 +1.89% 2014 2,282 +1.67% 2020 2,409 +0.91%
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Source: EHESS (1793-1999) and INSEE

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