Hurepoix () is an area of the Île-de-France, to the southwest of Paris, situated between the departments of Yvelines, Hauts-de-Seine and Essonne. It was an old province of the French Kingdom and the main city was Dourdan. The name appears to come from the old French words for wild boar, hure and bristles, poil.
Geography This area is one of the biggest of the Île-de-France.
Limits : North : Paris, by the Paris Observatory 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.
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