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.
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.
Demographics
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Popular culture
The opening scene of the James Bond film "Thunderball" was shot in Anet.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Anet". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 4. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Anet, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ [1] (in French)
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