Dreux

Dreux is a town and commune in northwest France, in the Eure-et-Loir département. Population (1999): 31,849.

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Commune - France - Eure-et-Loir - Département

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Members of the Orléans family, including king Louis-Philippe (reigned 1830-1848), are buried in the Royal Chapel of Dreux.

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Orléans - Louis-Philippe - 1830 - 1848 - Royal Chapel of Dreux

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Dreux came to national attention in 1983 when the then-small National Front made its first electoral breakthrough, winning control of the city council and deputy mayorship. This came at a time of rising unemployment and popular resentment directed at the visible and impoverished community of immigrants, mostly Muslims. The Socialist mayor at the time, Françoise Gaspard, later wrote a book about her experience and the times, A Small City in France.

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1983 - National Front - Unemployment - Immigrants - Muslims - Socialist - Mayor - Françoise Gaspard - A Small City in France

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