Rouvray-Saint-Denis

Rouvray-Saint-Denis (French pronunciation: [ʁuvʁɛ sɛ̃ dəni]) is a former commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It was merged into the new commune Neuville Saint Denis on 1 January 2025.^[2]

Rouvray-Saint-Denis
Part of Neuville Saint Denis
The church of Saint Denis
Location of Rouvray-Saint-Denis
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Coordinates: 48°16′44″N 1°56′43″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Chartres
Canton	Les Villages Vovéens
Commune	Neuville Saint Denis
Area 1	19.35 km2 (7.47 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	345
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	28310
Elevation	129–147 m (423–482 ft) (avg. 138 m or 453 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

It has long been thought that it was the site of the Battle of the Herrings in 1429, when Sir John Fastolf beat off an attack on an English convoy taking supplies to the siege of Orléans; but in his biography of Fastolf, The Real Falstaff, Stephen Cooper argues that the battle is more likely to have taken place at Rouvray-Sainte-Croix.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	385	—
1968	358	−7.0%
1975	308	−14.0%
1982	309	+0.3%
1990	326	+5.5%
1999	359	+10.1%
2008	435	+21.2%

See also

• Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department