Hurepoix

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.

Geography
This area is one of the biggest of the Île-de-France.

Limits :
 * North : Paris
 * 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.