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Chartres is a city of France, pr�fecture (capital) of the Eure-et-Loir d�partement.

Its cathedral has been inscribed by the UNESCO on the list of World Heritage Sites in 1979.

Chartres was the birthplace of:

• Jer�me P�tion de Villeneuve
• Fran�ois S�verin Marceau-Desgraviers
• Pierre Nicole
• Jacques Pierre Brissot

Notable bishops of Chartres:

• Fulbert of Chartres, 1007-1029
• St. Ivo of Chartres, 1090-1115
• John of Salisbury, 1176-1180