Les Essarts is the name of several places in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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It is the name of several communes:

• Les Essarts
  Les Essarts, Eure
  Les Essarts is a commune in the Eure department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Population:-References:*...
  
  , in the Eure
  Eure
  Eure is a department in the north of France named after the river Eure.- History :Eure is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
  
   département
• Les Essarts
  Les Essarts, Loir-et-Cher
  Les Essarts is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.There are 100 inhabitants.There is a small church dedicated to St. George.-See also:*Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department...
  
  , in the Loir-et-Cher
  Loir-et-Cher
  Loir-et-Cher is a département in north-central France named after the rivers Loir and Cher.-History:Loir-et-Cher is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Orléanais and...
  
   département
• Les Essarts
  Les Essarts, Vendée
  Les Essarts is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.- Geography :...
  
  , in the Vendée
  Vendée
  The Vendée is a department in the Pays-de-la-Loire region in west central France, on the Atlantic Ocean. The name Vendée is taken from the Vendée river which runs through the south-eastern part of the department.-History:...
  
   département

It is also part of the name of several communes:

• Les Essarts-le-Roi
  Les Essarts-le-Roi
  Les Essarts-le-Roi is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.-References:*...
  
  , in the Yvelines
  Yvelines
  Yvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France.-History:Yvelines was created from the western part of the defunct department of Seine-et-Oise on 1 January 1968 in accordance with a law passed on 10 January 1964 and a décret d'application from 26 February 1965.It gained the...
  
   département
• Les Essarts-lès-Sézanne
  Les Essarts-lès-Sézanne
  Les Essarts-lès-Sézanne is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Marne department...
  
  , in the Marne
  Marne
  Marne is a department in north-eastern France named after the river Marne which flows through the department. The prefecture of Marne is Châlons-en-Champagne...
  
   département
• Les Essarts-le-Vicomte
  Les Essarts-le-Vicomte
  Les Essarts-le-Vicomte is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Marne department...
  
  , in the Marne
  Marne
  Marne is a department in north-eastern France named after the river Marne which flows through the department. The prefecture of Marne is Châlons-en-Champagne...
  
   département

Several communes have a similar name: see Les Essards (disambiguation)

Les Essarts

Les Essarts, Forbes family estate

is the Forbes family estate at Saint-Briac, France, and the international family seat of the descendants of James Grant Forbes , a member of the Forbes family of China and Boston who settled in Brittany at...

 is also the name of the Forbes family

Forbes family

The Forbes family is a wealthy extended American family originating in Boston. The family's fortune originates from trading between North America and China in the 19th century plus other investments in the same period. The name descends from Scottish immigrants, and can be traced back to Sir John...

 estate in Saint-Briac-sur-Mer

Saint-Briac-sur-Mer

Saint-Briac-sur-Mer , is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine Department of Brittany in north-western France.-Demographics:Inhabitants of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer are called Briacins.As of the census of 1999, the town had a population of...

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Essarts designates in French a spot in a forest supposed to be deforested (see assarting

Assarting

Assarting is the act of clearing forested lands for use in agriculture or other purposes. In English law, it was illegal to assart any part of a Royal forest...

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