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Hurepoix is an area of Île-de-France, in south west of Paris, localised between departments of Yvelines, Hauts-de-Seine and Essonne, it was an old province of the French Kingdom. The main city was Dourdan.

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Geography

This area is one of the biggest of 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.

    References

    Hurepoix Wikipedia