La Puisaye

La Puisaye
La Puisaye
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  La Puisaye
Coordinates: 48°36′35″N 0°57′25″E / 48.6097°N 0.9569°ECoordinates: 48°36′35″N 0°57′25″E / 48.6097°N 0.9569°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Dreux
Canton	Senonches
Intercommunality	L'Orée du Perche
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Roger His
Area^1	20.5 km^2 (7.9 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	250
• Density	12/km^2 (32/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	28310 / 28250
Elevation	194–252 m (636–827 ft) (avg. 236 m or 774 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.

La Puisaye is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	226	—
1968	308	+36.3%
1975	259	−15.9%
1982	259	+0.0%
1990	208	−19.7%
1999	225	+8.2%
2008	250	+11.1%

History

The Romans gave to the land of the Puisaye Podiacia name, due to unevenness of the surface that word (says the Encyclopedia) meaning a mountainous country It was a formerly covered with thick forests, and believed to have been the center "of Gaul, where the Druids held their meetings of annuals. ' Francais It is believed that the name Puisaye or Puisaye from the lords whom he fell in sharing during the conquest of Gaul and the establishment of the monarchy. Although the conduct and the end of this major war against the king, were also glorious to Louis le Gros, the results were advantageous to him - himself and his descendants, it seems the false policy which brought modern historians to distort even the names of the leaders of the Confederacy.

See also

• Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department

References

• INSEE