Malesherbes () is a former
commune in the
Loiret
Loiret (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It takes its name from the river Loiret, which is contained wholly within the department. In 2019, Loiret had a population of 680,434. department in north-central
France
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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of
Le Malesherbois
Le Malesherbois () is a commune in the Loiret department of north-central France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Malesherbes, Coudray, Labrosse, Mainvilliers, Manchecourt, Nangeville an ...
.
Arrêté préfectoral
30 November 2015 It is 65 kilometers away from Orléans.
The terminus of the RER D
RER D is one of the five lines in the (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its suburbs. The line crosses the region from north to south, with all trains serving a group ...
is located in the commune.
Notable people
*Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes Chrétien is a given name and surname. In the French language, ''Chrétien'' is the masculine form of "Christian", as noun, adjective or adverb. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Chrétien de Troyes, 12th-century French poet
* ...
(1721-1794), magistrate, lawyer and French statesman. He lived in the Castle of Malesherbes.
*Eugène-Louis Hauvette-Besnault
Eugène-Louis Hauvette-Besnault (5 February 1820 – 28 June 1888) was a 19th-century French Indologist.
Biography
Eugène-Louis Hauvette-Besnault was professor of sanskrit at the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE). Agrégé de lettres ...
, Indologist, was born and died in Malesherbes.
See also
*Communes of the Loiret department
The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France
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References
Former communes of Loiret
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