Le Puiset

Part of Janville-en-Beauce in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Le Puiset

48°12′33″N 1°51′58″E / 48.2092°N 1.8661°E / 48.2092; 1.8661CountryFranceRegionCentre-Val de LoireDepartmentEure-et-LoirArrondissementChartresCantonVovesCommuneJanville-en-Beauce Area

7.91 km² (3.05 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

431 • Density54/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

28310

Elevation132–150 m (433–492 ft)
(avg. 144 m or 472 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Puiset (French pronunciation: [lə pɥizɛ]) is a former commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Janville-en-Beauce.^[2]

Name

The name Le Puiset comes from Latin puteus, pit or cistern, whence French puits, well. It takes its name from a local spring. In medieval sources, its name is given as Puteolum, Puteacum, Pusiacum, Puisiacum or Pusatum in Latin and as Puisat or Puysiax (among others) in French. Its inhabitants were called Puteacenses.^[3]

History

In the Middle Ages it was the site of a lordship within the County of Blois and Chartres. The lords descended from the counts of Breteuil, and often also held the position of viscount of Chartres. They participated in the Norman Conquest and the crusades of the 12th century, and were cousins of the dynasty of the Kings of Jerusalem.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	375	—
1968	398	+6.1%
1975	367	−7.8%
1982	377	+2.7%
1990	365	−3.2%
1999	371	+1.6%
2008	407	+9.7%

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 19 December 2018 (in French)
^ Charles Cuissard (1875–1880). "Les Seigneurs du Puiset". Bulletin de la Société Dunoise. 3: 313–98.