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Coordinates: 48°33′58″N 1°37′12″E / 48.5661111111°N 1.62°E / 48.5661111111; 1.62

Commune of Houx

Houx village photo.jpg
Location
Houx is located in France
Houx
Administration
Country France
Region Centre
Department Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement Arrondissement of Chartres
Canton Canton of Maintenon
Intercommunality Communauté de communes des Terrasses et Vallées de Maintenon
Mayor Jean-François Pichery
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 102–142 m (330–470 ft)
Land area1 6.24 km2 (2.41 sq mi)
Population2 653  (1999)
 - Density 105 /km2 (270 /sq mi)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 28195/ 28130
Website http://www.houx.fr/
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Houx is a commune of the Eure-et-Loir department in north-central France, located 79 km from Paris and 20 km from Chartres.

Heraldry

Arms of Houx

The arms of Houx are blazoned :
Quarterly Or and Or, in 1&2, 2 holly leaves in chevron inverted, in 3 a holly leaf bendwise, in 4 another bendwise sinister, vert.

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