Chartres is a city of France, préfecture (capital) of the Eure-et-Loir département.

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

Chartres was the birthplace of:

• Jerôme Pétion de Villeneuve
• François Séverin 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