title: Hurepoix
text: # Hurepoix
  
  Hurepoix (French pronunciation: ​) is an area of the Île-de-France, to the southwest of Paris, situated between the departments of Yvelines, Hauts-de-Seine and Essonne. It was an old province of the French Kingdom and the main city was Dourdan.
  
  ## Geography
  
  This area is one of the biggest of the Île-de-France.
  
  Limits :
  
  * North : Paris
  * West : Rambouillet and forest
  * East : Seine, Brie province, Fontainebleau and forest
  * South : Beauce province
  
  Main cities
  
  * Dourdan
  * Limours
  * Orsay
  * Massy
  * Montlhéry
  * Palaiseau
  
  Main rivers
  
  * Yvette
  * Bièvre
  * Essonne
  * Orge
  
  Main forest
  
  * Dourdan
  * Verrières-le-Buisson
  
  Main Castles
  
  This area is not far from Versailles, and the castle of Louis XIV. In this period, Princes and Dukes built castles not far, in Hurepoix.
  
  * Chamarande
  * Breteuil
  * Courson
  * Dampierre
  * Dourdan
  * Sceaux
  * Saint Jean de Beauregard
  
  ## Economy
  
  The economy of the west part of the area consists of farming, as in the past. The economy of the eastern part is more industrial.
  
  48°33′N 2°01′E﻿ / ﻿48.55°N 2.02°E﻿ / 48.55; 2.02
  
  