Lèves

Lèves
Commune
The town hall in Lèves
Coat of arms
Location of Lèves
Lèves Show map of France Lèves Show map of Centre-Val de Loire
Coordinates: 48°28′11″N 1°28′57″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Chartres
Canton	Chartres-3
Intercommunality	CA Chartres Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rémi Martial[1]
Area ^1	7.51 km^2 (2.90 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,623
• Density	750/km^2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	28209 /28300
Elevation	120–169 m (394–554 ft) (avg. 126 m or 413 ft)
Website	http://www.ville-leves.fr
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lèves (French pronunciation: [lɛv] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in Northern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,441	—
1975	3,111	+3.53%
1982	3,427	+1.39%
1990	3,920	+1.69%
1999	4,308	+1.05%
2007	4,398	+0.26%
2012	5,637	+5.09%
2017	5,801	+0.58%
Source: INSEE[3]

International relations

Lèves is twinned with the English town of Nailsworth, Gloucestershire.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department
• Bernard Jumentier

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. "Twinning with Lèves". Nailsworth Town Council. Nailsworth Town Council. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2009.