Faverolles, Eure-et-Loir

Faverolles (French pronunciation: [favʁɔl] ) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. The Faverolles chicken breed is named after it.

Faverolles
The town hall in Faverolles
Location of Faverolles
Faverolles
Faverolles
Coordinates: 48°41′18″N 1°34′45″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentEure-et-Loir
ArrondissementDreux
CantonÉpernon
IntercommunalityPortes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Patrick Oczachowski
Area
1
9.94 km2 (3.84 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
835
  Density84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
28146 /28210
Elevation124–168 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.

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.

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