Malesherbes, Loiret

Part of Le Malesherbois in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Malesherbes

48°17′42″N 2°24′54″E / 48.295°N 2.415°E / 48.295; 2.415CountryFranceRegionCentre-Val de LoireDepartmentLoiretArrondissementPithiviersCantonLe MalesherboisCommuneLe Malesherbois Area

17.61 km² (6.80 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

6,038 • Density340/km² (890/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

45330

Elevation67–140 m (220–459 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Malesherbes (French pronunciation: [malzɛʁb]) is a former commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Le Malesherbois.^[2] It is 65 kilometers away from Orléans.

The terminus of the RER D is located in the commune.

Notable people

Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721-1794), magistrate, lawyer and French statesman. He lived in the Castle of Malesherbes.
Eugène-Louis Hauvette-Besnault, Indologist, was born and died in Malesherbes.