Editing Chartres

{{Short description|Prefecture and commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France}}
{{Other uses|Chartres (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Chartres 
|commune status         = [[Prefectures in France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]]
|image                  = Chartres Blick von der Kathedralterrasse 5.jpg
|caption                = Cityscape from [[Chartres Cathedral]]
|image coat of arms     = Blason Chartres.svg
|arrondissement         = Chartres
|canton                 = [[Canton of Chartres-1|Chartres-1]], [[Canton of Chartres-2|2]] and [[Canton of Chartres-3|3]]
|INSEE                  = 28085
|postal code            = 28000
|mayor                  = [[Jean-Pierre Gorges]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[Communauté d'agglomération Chartres Métropole|CA Chartres Métropole]]
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|elevation m            = 142
|elevation min m        = 121
|elevation max m        = 161
|area km2               = 16.85
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|metro area km2 = 1923.2
|metro area date = 2020
|metro area pop = 170763
|metro area pop date = Jan. 2019<ref name="AAV">{{cite web |url=https://statistiques-locales.insee.fr/#bbox=59804,6241439,192553,116445&c=indicator&i=pop_legales.popmun&s=2019&selcodgeo=065&t=A01&view=map13 |title=Statistiques locales - France par aire d'attraction des villes - Population municipale 2019 |author=INSEE |author-link=INSEE |access-date=2022-06-05}}</ref>
}}

'''Chartres''' ({{IPA|fr|ʃaʁtʁ|-|Fr-Paris--Chartres.ogg}}) is the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the [[Eure-et-Loir]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Centre-Val de Loire]] [[Regions of France|region]] in France. It is located about {{convert|90|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>Google maps gives 91&nbsp;km town hall to town hall; it is less city limit to city limit and less far again as the crow flies.</ref> southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 170,763 inhabitants in the [[Functional area (France)|metropolitan area]] of Chartres (as defined by the [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]]),<ref name="AAV" /> 38,534 of whom lived in the city ([[Communes of France|commune]]) of Chartres proper.<ref name="population">{{cite web| url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3698339 | title=Historique des populations communales - Recensements de la population 1876-2019| author=INSEE| access-date=2022-06-05|language=fr| author-link=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques}}</ref>

Chartres is famous worldwide for its [[Chartres Cathedral|cathedral]]. Mostly constructed between 1193 and 1250, this [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] cathedral is in an exceptional state of preservation. The majority of the original stained glass windows survive intact, while the architecture has seen only minor changes since the early 13th century.<ref name=ParisDigest>{{Cite web |url=https://www.parisdigest.com/france/chartres.htm | title=Chartres, the Gothic Cathedral near Paris | year=2018 |publisher=Paris Digest |access-date=10 September 2018}}</ref> Part of the old town, including most of the library associated with the [[School of Chartres]], was destroyed by [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] bombs in 1944.

==History==
Chartres was one of the principal towns in [[Gaul]] of the [[Carnutes]], a [[Celts|Celtic]] tribe. In the [[Gallo-Roman]] period, it was called ''Autricum'', name derived from the river ''Autura'' (Eure), and afterwards ''civitas Carnutum'', "city of the Carnutes", from which Chartres got its name. The city was raided and burned down by the [[Vikings|Norsemen]] in 858, and once again besieged, this time unsuccessfully, by them in 911.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

During [[Middle Ages|the Middle Ages]], it was the most important town of the [[Beauce, France|Beauce]]. It gave its name to a county which was held by the counts of [[County of Blois|Blois]], and the counts of [[County of Champagne|Champagne]], and afterwards by the [[House of Châtillon]], a member of which sold it to the [[Kingdom of France|Crown]] in 1286.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

In 1417, during the [[Hundred Years' War]], Chartres fell into the hands of the English, from whom it was recovered in 1432. In 1528, it was raised to the rank of a duchy by [[Francis I of France|Francis I]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

In 1568, during the second [[French Wars of Religion|war of Religion]], Chartres was unsuccessfully [[Siege of Chartres (1568)|besieged]] by the [[Huguenot]] leader, the [[Louis, Prince of Condé (1530–1569)|Prince of Condé]]. It was finally taken by the royal troops of [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]] on 19 April 1591. On Sunday, 27 February 1594, the cathedral of Chartres was the site of the coronation of Henry IV after he converted to the Catholic faith, the only king of France whose [[Coronation of the French monarch|coronation]] ceremony was not performed in [[Reims]].

In 1674, [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] raised Chartres from a duchy to a [[Peerage of France|duchy peerage]] in favor of his nephew, Duke [[Philippe II, Duke of Orleans|Philippe II]] of [[Duchy of Orléans|Orléans]]. The title of [[Duchy of Chartres|Duke of Chartres]] was hereditary in the [[House of Orléans]], and given to the eldest son of the Duke of Orléans.

During the 1870–1871 [[Franco-Prussian War]], Chartres was seized by the Germans on 2 October 1870, and continued during the rest of the war to be an important centre of operations.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

During [[World War II]], the city suffered heavy damage by bombing and during the battle of Chartres in August 1944, but its [[Chartres Cathedral|cathedral]] was spared by an American Army officer who challenged the order to destroy it.<ref name=Griffith>{{Cite web
 |access-date   = 10 May 2011
|url          = https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/6100
 |title        = MilitaryTimes Hall of Valor
 |author       = MilitaryTimes.com
 |work         = Welborn Barton Griffith, Jr
 |publisher    = Military Times, a Gannett Company
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120118233837/http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=6100
 |archive-date = 18 January 2012
|url-status     = live
}} Note: The Distinguished Service Cross was awarded posthumously for saving the cathedral.</ref> On 16 August 1944, Colonel [[Welborn Griffith|Welborn Barton Griffith, Jr.]] questioned the necessity of destroying the cathedral and volunteered to go behind enemy lines to find out whether the Germans were using it as an observation post. With his driver, Griffith proceeded to the cathedral and, after searching it all the way up its [[bell tower]], confirmed to headquarters that it was empty of Germans. The order to destroy the cathedral was withdrawn.

Colonel Griffith was killed in action later on that day in the town of [[Lèves]], {{convert|3.5|km|mi|1|abbr=off}} north of Chartres.<ref name=Griffith/><ref name=Griffith2>{{Cite web
 |access-date=11 May 2011
|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/266849/colonel-chartres-jay-nordlinger
 |title= A Colonel at Chartres
 |author=Jay Nordlinger
 |author-link=Jay Nordlinger
 |work=The Corner
 |publisher=NationalReview.com
 |year=2011 }}</ref> For his heroic action both at Chartres and Lèves, Colonel Griffith posthumously received several decorations awarded by the president of the United States and the U.S. military, and also from the French government.<ref>On 21 October 1944, for his heroic action, Colonel Welborn B. Griffith, Jr. was posthumously awarded the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]:[https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/6100 |title=Militarytimes Hall of Valor: Welborn Barton Griffith, Jr.] He was also awarded the [[Silver Star]], the [[Purple Heart]], the [[Legion of Merit]], the French [[Croix de Guerre]], and the [[Légion d'Honneur]]: Eugene G. Schulz, ''The Ghost in General Patton's Third Army'', USA, 2012. {{ISBN|978-1477141441}}</ref>

Following deep reconnaissance missions in the region by the [[3d Armored Cavalry Regiment (United States)|3rd Cavalry Group]] and units of the [[Combat engineer|1139 Engineer Combat Group]], and after heavy fighting in and around the city, Chartres was liberated, on 18 August 1944, by the U.S. [[5th Infantry Division (United States)|5th Infantry]] and [[7th Armored Division (United States)|7th Armored]] [[Division (military)|Divisions]] belonging to the [[XX Corps (United States)|XX Corps]] of the U.S. [[United States Army Central|Third Army]] commanded by Lieutenant General [[George S. Patton, Jr.]]<ref>Winieska, Françoise, ''August 1944, The Liberation of Rambouillet, France'', SHARY, 1999, pp. 19–23, {{ISBN|2-9514047-0-0}}</ref>

==Climate==

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|location =  Chartres (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1923–present)
|Jan record high C = 16.1
|Feb record high C = 20.5
|Mar record high C = 24.8
|Apr record high C = 28.2
|May record high C = 31.4
|Jun record high C = 37.2
|Jul record high C = 41.4
|Aug record high C = 39.6
|Sep record high C = 35.5
|Oct record high C = 29.8
|Nov record high C = 20.9
|Dec record high C = 17.0
|Jan record low C = -18.4
|Feb record low C = -15.0
|Mar record low C = -11.0
|Apr record low C = -4.9
|May record low C = -1.0
|Jun record low C = 1.4
|Jul record low C = 0.9
|Aug record low C = 3.0
|Sep record low C = 0.5
|Oct record low C = -5.4
|Nov record low C = -11.3
|Dec record low C = -14.2
|Jan high C = 6.9
|Feb high C = 8.2
|Mar high C = 12.2
|Apr high C = 15.6
|May high C = 19.0
|Jun high C = 22.5
|Jul high C = 25.2
|Aug high C = 25.3
|Sep high C = 21.4
|Oct high C = 16.2
|Nov high C = 10.6
|Dec high C = 7.3
| year high C = 15.9
|Jan mean C = 4.3
|Feb mean C = 4.8
|Mar mean C = 7.8
|Apr mean C = 10.3
|May mean C = 13.8
|Jun mean C = 17.0
|Jul mean C = 19.4
|Aug mean C = 19.4
|Sep mean C = 15.9
|Oct mean C = 12.1
|Nov mean C = 7.6
|Dec mean C = 4.8
| year mean C = 11.4
|Jan low C = 1.8
|Feb low C = 1.5
|Mar low C = 3.4
|Apr low C = 5.1
|May low C = 8.5
|Jun low C = 11.6
|Jul low C = 13.5
|Aug low C = 13.4
|Sep low C = 10.5
|Oct low C = 8.0
|Nov low C = 4.5
|Dec low C = 2.2
| year low C = 7.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 49.9
|Feb precipitation mm = 41.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 43.5
|Apr precipitation mm = 44.6
|May precipitation mm = 55.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 51.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 51.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 47.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 46.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 58.4
|Nov precipitation mm = 56.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 60.7
|year precipitation mm = 606.1
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 10.3
| Feb precipitation days = 9.3
| Mar precipitation days = 8.9
| Apr precipitation days = 8.6
| May precipitation days = 9.3
| Jun precipitation days = 8.4
| Jul precipitation days = 7.1
| Aug precipitation days = 6.9
| Sep precipitation days = 7.6
| Oct precipitation days = 9.8
| Nov precipitation days = 11.0
| Dec precipitation days = 11.5
| year precipitation days =108.8
|Jan sun = 63.5
|Feb sun = 87.6
|Mar sun = 140.3
|Apr sun = 183.6
|May sun = 208.7
|Jun sun = 221.5
|Jul sun = 230.3
|Aug sun = 220.0
|Sep sun = 181.1
|Oct sun = 118.4
|Nov sun = 72.4
|Dec sun = 60.1
|year sun = 1787.4
|source 1 = Meteociel<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=28070001
|title=Normales et records pour Chartres (28)
|publisher=Meteociel
|access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref>
|source 2 = Infoclimat.fr (humidity, 1961–1990)<ref name=Infoclimat>{{cite web
| url = http://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie-07143-chartres-champhol.html
| title = Normes et records 1961–1990: Chartres – Champhol (28) – altitude 155m
| language = fr
| publisher = Infoclimat
| access-date = 30 December 2015}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|8537|Chartres}}</ref> and INSEE (1968–2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-28085#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |15000
|1800 |13794
|1806 |13809
|1821 |13714
|1831 |14439
|1836 |14750
|1841 |16383
|1846 |17353
|1851 |18234
|1856 |18925
|1861 |19531
|1866 |19442
|1872 |19580
|1876 |20468
|1881 |21080
|1886 |21903
|1891 |23108
|1896 |23182
|1901 |23431
|1906 |23219
|1911 |24103
|1921 |23349
|1926 |24630
|1931 |25357
|1936 |27077
|1946 |26422
|1954 |28750
|1962 |31495
|1968 |34469
|1975 |38928
|1982 |37119
|1990 |39595
|1999 |40361
|2007 |39767
|2012 |38889
|2017 |38578
}}

==Geography==
Chartres is built on a hill on the left bank of the river [[Eure (river)|Eure]]. Its renowned medieval [[Chartres cathedral|cathedral]] is at the top of the hill, and its two spires are visible from miles away across the flat surrounding lands. To the southeast stretches the fertile plain of [[Beauce, France|Beauce]], the "granary of France", in which Chartres is the commercial centre.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

==Main sights==
===Cathedrals and churches===
[[File:Facade cathedral.jpg|thumb|Cathedral of Chartres]]
[[File:Chartres Vitrail2.jpg|thumb|The famous "Chartres blue"]]
[[File:Monografie de la Cathedrale de Chartres - 10 Facade Meridionale - Gravure.jpg|thumb|South elevation, lithography 1864]]
[[File:Loire Eure Chartres7 tango7174.jpg|thumb|The Church of Saint Aignan]]
Chartres is best known for its cathedral, the [[Chartres Cathedral|''Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres'']], which is considered one of the finest and best preserved [[Gothic architecture|Gothic cathedrals]] in France and in Europe. Its historical and cultural importance has been recognized by its inclusion on the [[UNESCO]] list of [[World Heritage Site]]s.

It was built on the site of the former Chartres cathedral of [[Romanesque architecture]], which was destroyed by fire in 1194 (that former cathedral had been built on the ruins of an ancient Celtic temple, later replaced by a Roman temple). Begun in 1205, the construction of ''Notre-Dame de Chartres'' was completed 66 years later.

The [[stained glass]] windows of the cathedral were financed by [[guilds]] of merchants and craftsmen, and by wealthy noblemen, whose names appear at the bottom.
 
It is not known how the famous and unique blue, ''bleu de Chartres'', of the glass was created, and it has been impossible to replicate it. The French author [[Michel Pastoureau]] says that it could also be called ''bleu de Saint-Denis''.<ref>Pastoureau, Michel, ''Bleu: histoire d'une couleur', Seuil, Paris, 2000.  {{ISBN|978-2757840016}}</ref>

The ''Église Saint-Pierre de Chartres'' was the church of the [[Benedictine]] ''[[Saint-Père-en-Vallée|Abbaye Saint-Père-en-Vallée]]'', founded in the 7th century by queen [[Balthild]]. At time of its construction, the abbey was outside the walls of the city. It contains fine stained glass and, formerly, twelve representations of the apostles in enamel, created about 1547 by [[Léonard Limousin|Léonard Limosin]],{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} which now can be seen in the fine arts museum.

Other noteworthy churches of Chartres are ''Saint-Aignan'' (13th, 16th and 17th centuries), and ''Saint-Martin-au-Val'' (12th century), inside the Saint-Brice hospital.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

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===Museums===
* ''Musée des Beaux-Arts'', Fine arts museum, housed in the former episcopal palace adjacent to the cathedral.
* ''Le Centre international du vitrail'', a workshop-museum and cultural center devoted to [[stained glass]] art, located {{convert|50|m|ft|abbr=off}} from the cathedral.
* ''Conservatoire du machinisme et des pratiques agricoles'', an agricultural museum.
* ''Musée le grenier de l'histoire'', history museum specializing in [[military uniform]]s and [[Wiktionary:accoutrement|accoutrements]], in [[Lèves]], a suburb of Chartres.
* ''Muséum des sciences naturelles et de la préhistoire'', [[Natural science]] and Prehistory Museum (closed since 2015).

===Other sights===
[[File:L’Eure dans la ville de Chartres.jpg|thumb|The Eure river running through Chartres]]
[[File:Chartres Hotel Montescot 018 3468.jpg|thumb|The [[Hôtel de Ville, Chartres|Hôtel de Ville]]]]
The river Eure, which at this point divides into three branches, is crossed by several bridges, some of them ancient, and is fringed in places by remains of the old fortifications, of which the ''Porte Guillaume'' (14th century), a gateway flanked by towers, was the most complete specimen, until destroyed by the retreating [[Wehrmacht|German army]] in the night of 15 to 16 August 1944. The steep, narrow streets of the old town contrast with the wide, shady boulevards which encircle it and separate it from the suburbs. The "parc André-Gagnon" or "Clos St. Jean", a pleasant park, lies to the north-west, and squares and open spaces are numerous.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

Part of the ''[[Hôtel de Ville, Chartres|Hôtel de Ville]]'' (City Hall) is a building dating from the 17th century, called ''Hôtel Montescot''.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00097002}}</ref> The ''Maison Canoniale'' dating back to the 13th century, and several medieval and Renaissance houses, are of interest.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

There is a statue of [[François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers|General Marceau]] (1769–1796), a native of Chartres and a general during the [[French Revolution]].

The ''[[Maison Picassiette]]'', a house decorated inside and out with mosaics of shards of broken china and pottery, was built by Raymond Isidore.

==Economy==
Chartres is one of the most important [[market town]]s in the region of [[Beauce, France|Beauce]] (known as "the granary of France").

Historically, [[game pie]]s and other delicacies of Chartres were well known, and the industries also included flour-milling, brewing, distilling, iron-founding, leather manufacture, perfumes, dyeing, stained glass, billiard requisites and hosiery.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

Since 1976 the fashion and perfumes company [[Puig (company)|Puig]] has had a production plant in this commune.<ref name="Chartres">{{cite web | url = http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2005/03/15/pagina-43/34731561/pdf.html?search=Chartres%20puig | title = To be multinational in Spain costs a lot, because the domestic market is too small | access-date = 9 May 2012 | publisher = La Vanguardia | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140116194414/http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2005/03/15/pagina-43/34731561/pdf.html?search=Chartres%20puig | archive-date = 16 January 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Transport===
The [[Gare de Chartres]] railway station offers frequent services to Paris, and a few daily connections to [[Le Mans]], [[Nogent-le-Rotrou]] and [[Courtalain]]. The [[A11 autoroute|A11]] motorway connects Chartres with Paris and Le Mans.

==Sport==
Chartres is home to two semi-professional association football clubs; [[FC Chartres]], who play in the French sixth division, and [[HB Chartres]], who play in the seventh tier.

Chartres has a table tennis club which is playing in the Pro A (French First division) and in the [[European Champions League (table tennis)|European Champions League]]. The club won the [[ETTU Cup]] on the season 2010 – 2011 and it finished at the second position in the French First division.

Chartres has the second most important [[Squash (sport)|squash]] club in France.

There is also a [[Team handball|handball]] club and it is playing in the French second division.

In November 2012, Chartres organized the [[European Short Course Swimming Championships]].

==Diocese==
{{Main|Diocese of Chartres}}

The town is the seat of a [[diocese]] (bishopric), a prefecture, and a ''[[cour d'assises]]''. It has a ''Tribunal de grande instance'', a ''Tribunal d'instance'', a [[Chamber of commerce]] and a branch of the ''[[Banque de France]]''.

Public and religious schooling from kindergarten through high school and vocational schools is given in mixed (boys and girls) establishments. The two main high schools are the ''Lycée Jehan de Beauce'' and the ''Lycée Marceau'', named after two important personages of the history of Chartres: [[Jehan de Beauce]] was a 16th-century architect who rebuilt the northern steeple of the cathedral after it had been destroyed by lightning in July 1506, and [[François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers|Marceau]], a native of city, who was a general during the French Revolution of 1789.

===Pilgrimages===
Chartres has been a site of Catholic pilgrimages since the Middle Ages. The poet [[Charles Péguy]] (1873–1914) revived the pilgrimage route between Paris and Chartres before [[World War I]]. After the war, some students carried on the pilgrimage in his memory. Since 1982, the association ''[[Notre-Dame de Chrétienté]]'',<ref>[http://www.nd-chretiente.com Association Notre-Dame de Chrétienté]</ref> with offices in [[Versailles, Yvelines|Versailles]], organizes the annual {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}} pilgrimage on foot from ''[[Notre-Dame de Paris]]'' to ''Notre-Dame de Chartres''. About 15,000 pilgrims, from France and countries outside France, participate every year.

===Bishops===
Notable bishops of [[Bishopric of Chartres|Chartres]]:
* [[Fulbert of Chartres]] (1007–1029)
* [[Ivo of Chartres|St. Ivo of Chartres]] (1090–1115)
* [[John of Salisbury]] (1176–1180)
* [[Érard de La Marck]] (1472–1538)

==Notable people==
Chartres was the birthplace of:
* [[Hélène Boucher]] (1908–1934), pilot
* [[Jacques Pierre Brissot]] (1754–1793), a leading member of the [[Girondist]] movement ([[French Revolution]])
* [[Julien Cétout]] (born 1987 or 1988), football player
* [[Arlette Chabot]] (born 1951), journalist
* [[Fulcher of Chartres]] (born around 1059 in or near Chartres), chronicler of the [[First Crusade]]
* [[Alexis de Castillon]] (1838–1873), composer
* [[Philippe de Dangeau]] (1638–1720), [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] and member of the {{Lang|fr|[[Académie française]]}}
* [[Philippe Desportes]] (1546–1606), poet
* [[Antoine François Desrues]] (1744–1777), [[poison]]er
* [[Loïc Duval]] (born 1982), racing driver
* [[Julien Escudé]] (born 1979), football player
* [[Nicolas Escudé]] (born 1976), tennis player
* [[André Félibien]] (1619–1695), architect and [[Historiography|historiographer]]
* [[Achille Guenée]] (1809–1880), lawyer and [[Entomology|entomologist]]
* [[Pierre-Jules Hetzel]] (1814–1886), editor and publisher
* [[Éric Lada]] (born 1965), football player
* [[Luc Lamirault]] (born 1962), politician
* [[François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers]] (1769–1796), general
* [[Pierre Nicole]] (1625–1695), Jansenist theologian
* [[Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve]] (1756–1794), writer and politician
* [[Allison Pineau]] (born 1989), handball player
* [[André Plassart]] (1889–1978), hellenist, epigrapher and archaeologist
* [[Philippe Quintais]] (born 1967), [[pétanque]] player
* [[Mathurin Régnier]] (1573–1613), [[Satire|satirist]]
* [[Jacqueline de Romilly]] (1913–2010), [[philology|philologist]], [[classical scholar]] and fiction writer
* [[Benjamin Nivet]] (born 1977), football player
* [[Wandrille Lefèvre]] (born 1989), Canadian football player
* [[Audrey Marnay]] (born 1980), actress and model

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}

Chartres is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Association des Amis des Jumelages de Chartres|url=http://www.jumelages-chartres.fr/|website=jumelages-chartres.fr|publisher=Chartres|language=fr|access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ravenna]], Italy <small>''(since 1957)''</small>
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Speyer]], Germany <small>''(since 1959)''</small>
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Chichester]], United Kingdom <small>''(since 1959)''</small>
*{{flagicon|PSE}} [[Bethlehem]], Palestine <small>''(since 1995)''</small>
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Évora]], Portugal <small>''(since 2003)''</small>
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[León, Spain|León]], Spain <small>''(since 2009)''</small>
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Sakurai, Nara|Sakurai]], Japan <small>''(since 1989)''</small>
*{{flagicon|PER}} [[Cusco]], Peru
{{div col end}}

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
File:Gare de Chartres 01.jpg|Chartres railway station
File:France Chartres 17th-c-engraving.jpg|17th-century engraving of Chartres "skyline"
File:France_Eure_et_Loir_Chartres_Cathedrale_nuit_02.jpg|The cathedral of Chartres
File:France Eure-et-Loir_Chartres Cathedrale 02.jpg|The Apostles and Saint sculptures of Chartres
File:France_Eure_et_Loir_Chartres_Bords_de_l_Eure.jpg|The Old Town – Eure River
File:France_Eure_et_Loir_Chartres_Maison_a_colombage.jpg|Half-timbered house in the Old Town
File:France_Eure_et_Loir_Chartres_Vieille_ville.jpg |Hill of Saint François
File:France_Eure_et_Loir_Chartres_Vieille_ville_02.jpg|View south from the cathedral
File:Eure_Chartres.jpg|On the banks of the Eure River
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==See also==
*[[Chartres Cathedral]]
*[[Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department]]
* [[Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{EB1911|wstitle=Chartres|volume=5|page=954}}
* [http://goeurope.about.com/od/chartresfrance/a/chartres.htm Chartres and the Chartres Cathedral – Visitor Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111151233/http://goeurope.about.com/od/chartresfrance/a/chartres.htm |date=11 January 2011 }}
* [http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/picassiette/index.shtml La Maison Picassiette in Chartres]

==External links==
{{Commons category|Chartres}}
{{wikivoyage|Chartres}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200514223747/https://www.chartres-tourisme.com/ Tourist office website]
* [http://www.ville-chartres.fr/ City council website] (in French)
* [http://archeologie.chartres.fr/ Chartres' archeology service website (in French)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061005142906/http://www.chartres-coeur-de-ville.com/ Website about archaeological excavations] (in French)
* [http://www.wannabi.com/chartres12.jpg Photo of the abbey church of St.Pierre]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191336/http://www.oriole-artists.com/store/process.php?pname=ShowAlbumDetailsProcess-Start&CategoryID=51&AlbumID=113 Music recorded in Chartres Cathedral in the resonant space of the labyrinth]
* [http://www.WHTour.org/81 Chartres World Heritage Site in panographies]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} – 360-degree interactive imaging

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