Faverolles, Eure-et-Loir

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Patrick Oczachowski^[1]Area9.94 km² (3.84 sq mi)Population835 • Density84/km² (220/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation124–168 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.

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

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.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	319	—
1968	326	+2.2%
1975	369	+13.2%
1982	411	+11.4%
1990	594	+44.5%
1999	767	+29.1%
2008	858	+11.9%

See also

• Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department

References