What is Arrondissement of Dreux?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Dreux | INSEE=283 | nbcomm=108 | prefecture=n | seat=[[Dreux]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=1500.5 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Dreux 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire }} The '''arrondissement of Dreux''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France, in the [[Eure-et-Loir]] [[Departments of France|department]] of the [[Centre-Val de Loire]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]] is the city of [[Dreux]]. ==History== When the Eure-et-Loir department was created on 1800, the ''arrondissement'' of Dreux was part of that original department.<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/28his.html |title=Historique d'Eure-et-Loir |work=Le SPLAF |language=French |accessdate=15 August 2017 |date= }}</ref> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Dreux is the most southern of the ''arrondissements'' of the Eure-et-Loir department. It has an area of {{Convert|1500.5|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and a population of 129,431 inhabitants. It is bordered to the north by the [[Eure]] department, to the east by the [[Yvelines]] department, to the south by the ''arrondissement'' of [[Arrondissement of Chartres|Chartres]], to the southwest by the ''arrondissement'' of [[Arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou|Nogent-le-Rotrou]] and to the west by the [[Orne]] department. ==Composition== ===Cantons=== After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028658356 |title= Décret n° 2014-231 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département d'Eure-et-Loir |publisher=Legifrance.gouv.fr |language=French |accessdate=15 August 2017 |date=28 February 2014 }}</ref> cantons are not subdivisions of the ''arrondis