Faverolles, Eure-et-Loir

Faverolles
Coat of arms of Faverolles Coat of arms
Faverolles
Location within Centre region Faverolles
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Dreux
Canton	Nogent-le-Roi
Intercommunality	Quatre Vallées
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christian Bourganel
Area1	9.94 km2 (3.84 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	858
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	28146 / 28210
Elevation	124–168 m (407–551 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Faverolles is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. The Faverolles chicken breed is named after it.

André Hornez, lyricist of C'est si bon, Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux ?, Ça vaut mieux que d'attraper la scarlatine, Tiens, tiens, tiens, Avec son tralala, Je suis swing, lived in Mesnil-Condit until his death in 1989 and is buried there.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	319	—
1968	326	+2.2%
1975	369	+13.2%
1982	411	+11.4%
1990	594	+44.5%
1999	767	+29.1%
2008	858	+11.9%

See also

• Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department

References

• INSEE