Senonches is a common French, located in the department of Eure-et-Loir and the area Center.

Its inhabitants is called the Senonchois (be) .

Geography

With its: 4287 hectares, the national forest of Senonches is largest of the department and one of most important of France. Its private part doubles at least this surface and is much richer vegetable in cash and shrubby in particular. It is, at the origin, a hêtraie with houx, treated in oak grove by the ONF, (in 2007: 18% of beeches according to the ONF, which would plan to decrease this rate.) The whole of the main forest is probably the remainder of the large forest of the Carnutes: it touches almost with the close solid masses (Bellême, Montécôt, Châteauneuf-in-Thymerais, Ferté-Vidame, etc) The country is also known for its sources and its tablecloth of subterranean water (under the forest) which feed part of the water distributed to Paris and is collected in Rueil Gadelière.

History

Its weapons is: “of money to a patée cross of Gueules, confined of four eagles sands itself membrées and beakfuls of mouths; the aforementioned ecu supported by two branches of oak passed in saltire with their birth”.

Tourism

Senonches is surrounded by vast a national forest (one of largest of France), kingdom of the oaks and beeches, these trees remarkable are to be discovered with foot or bicycle, of which the " oak fauteuil" and " three frères".

On the road of Longny after the forest, the scrap-metal of the Pole was preserved here.

Walk discovered of small the ponds and channels of Senonches

The city holds, by its environment and its reception, the label " green station of vacances" .

The castle , in the course of restoration in 2007, will lodge the house set of themes of the forests of the Pole, reopening envisaged into 2008/2009. Its tower keep in Grison (typical ferruginous stone of the area) is a curiosity with it only.

• Tourist office near the church

• Restaurants: the pine cone, the forest, pizzeria travellers, the bar of the west (finely midday), fast-food industry bigben2, breweries the chiquito and the exchange
• Lodging: the pine cone, the hotel of the forest, many rural lodgings on the territory of the community of commune
• a swimming pool in the open air (open in July and August)
• municipal Camp-site 50 sites

Common fabric its reception facilities tourist by accommodating a center " Huttopia" (concept of lodging preserving nature), opening envisaged at the season 2009.

Practical life

Weekly market each Friday, of center town. Many tradesmen. Particularly attended in season.

Places and monuments

• Church Notre-Dame (12th-16th centuries)
• Castle: keep (12th) and home (17th century)
• Vault of St-Cyr
• Laundrettes (19th century)
• Lakes Arthur-Rémy and Badouleau
• lime kilns and the blast furnace with Boussard (18th century), visit during the days of the inheritance

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