Authon-du-Perche (, literally ''Authon of the

Perche Perche () (French: ''le Perche'') is a former province of France, known historically for its forests and, for the past two centuries, for the Percheron draft horse breed. Until the French Revolution, Perche was bounded by four ancient territori ...

'') is a

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in the

Eure-et-Loir Eure-et-Loir (, locally: ) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. It is located in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. In 2019, Eure-et-Loir had a population of 431,575.department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

in northern

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. On 1 January 2019, the former commune

Soizé Soizé () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of ...

was merged into Authon-du-Perche.Arrêté préfectoral
9 July 2018 The source of the river Braye is near the commune.

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Communes of Eure-et-Loir Perche {{EureLoir-geo-stub

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