Editing Chartres (section)

==Economy==
Chartres is one of the most important [[market town]]s in the region of [[Beauce, France|Beauce]] (known as "the granary of France").

Historically, [[game pie]]s and other delicacies of Chartres were well known, and the industries also included flour-milling, brewing, distilling, iron-founding, leather manufacture, perfumes, dyeing, stained glass, billiard requisites and hosiery.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

Since 1976 the fashion and perfumes company [[Puig (company)|Puig]] has had a production plant in this commune.<ref name="Chartres">{{cite web | url = http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2005/03/15/pagina-43/34731561/pdf.html?search=Chartres%20puig | title = To be multinational in Spain costs a lot, because the domestic market is too small | access-date = 9 May 2012 | publisher = La Vanguardia | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140116194414/http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2005/03/15/pagina-43/34731561/pdf.html?search=Chartres%20puig | archive-date = 16 January 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Transport===
The [[Gare de Chartres]] railway station offers frequent services to Paris, and a few daily connections to [[Le Mans]], [[Nogent-le-Rotrou]] and [[Courtalain]]. The [[A11 autoroute|A11]] motorway connects Chartres with Paris and Le Mans.