Chartres

Chartres
	Chartres
	The cathedral
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Statistics
Elevation	121–461 m (397–1,512 ft); (avg. 142 m (466 ft)*)
Land area1	16.85 km2 (6.51 sq mi)
Population2	38,889 (2012)
- Density	2,308/km2 (5,980/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	28085/ 28000
	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.

Chartres is a French commune in the Eure-et-Loir department. About 39,000 people live there.

Sister cities

Chartres is twinned with:

This building is indexed in the base Mérimée, a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture, under the reference PA00096993
The famous "Chartres blue"
South elevation, lithography 1864
The Church of Saint Aignan
The Eure river running through Chartres
The Hôtel de Ville
Gare de Chartres
France Eure-et-Loir Chartres Cathédrale vue nocturne Photographie prise par GIRAUD Patrick
The Apostles and Saint sculptures of Chartres

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Administration
Chartres

The cathedral



Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Statistics
Elevation	121–461 m (397–1,512 ft) (avg. 142 m (466 ft)^*)
Land area¹	16.85 km² (6.51 sq mi)
Population²	38,889 (2012)
- Density	2,308/km² (5,980/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	28085/ 28000
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.