Malesherbes, Loiret

For the French statesman, see Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes.

Malesherbes
Castle of Malesherbes
Coat of arms of Malesherbes Coat of arms
Malesherbes
Location within Centre region Malesherbes
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Pithiviers
Canton	Malesherbes
Intercommunality	Malesherbois
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Paul Sanchez
Area1	17.61 km2 (6.80 sq mi)
Population (2005)2	6,097
• Density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	45191 / 45330
Elevation	67–140 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Malesherbes is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. It is 65 kilometers away from Orleans.

Famous people from the commune

• Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721-1794), magistrate, lawyer and French statesman. He lived in the Castle of Malesherbes.
• Hilaire Étienne Lelièvre (1800-1851), Army officer in Africa, a street name has been dedicated to him.
• Jean Billard (1893-1968), French surgeon born in this commune.
• Jacques Pilhan (1944-1998), French advertiser and political communication advisor for François Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac.
• Dominique Lacout, French philosopher and writer, born in 1949. He lived in the commune from 2000 to 2009.

See also

• Communes of the Loiret department