Sorel-Moussel
| Sorel-Moussel | |
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Saint-Roch church in Sorrel-Moussel | |
  Sorel-Moussel | |
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Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Sorel-Moussel | |
| Coordinates: 48°50′31″N 1°22′59″E / 48.8419°N 1.3831°ECoordinates: 48°50′31″N 1°22′59″E / 48.8419°N 1.3831°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Eure-et-Loir |
| Arrondissement | Dreux |
| Canton | Anet |
| Intercommunality | Val d'Eure et Vesgre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Norbert Maître |
| Area1 | 12.8 km2 (4.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 1,802 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 28377 / 28260 |
| Elevation |
64–137 m (210–449 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Sorel-Moussel is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.
It holds an important archaeological site known as Fort-Harrouard (fr), a Neolithic village first studied at the turn of the 20th century by abbé Philippe.
Fort Harrouard (fr) -Mousterian_bowl.JPG)
Ladle made from a bison acetabulum, i.e. hip joint cavity in the iliac bone, found in Fort-Harrouard
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 796 | — |
| 1968 | 822 | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 894 | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 1,011 | +13.1% |
| 1990 | 1,317 | +30.3% |
| 1999 | 1,479 | +12.3% |
| 2008 | 1,802 | +21.8% |
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