| La Puisaye | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Dreux |
| Canton: | Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets |
| Insee: | 28310 |
| Postal Code: | 28250 |
| Mayor: | Philippe Debatisse[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Forêts du Perche |
| Coordinates: | 48.6097°N 0.9569°W |
| Elevation M: | 236 |
| Elevation Min M: | 194 |
| Elevation Max M: | 252 |
| Area Km2: | 20.5 |
La Puisaye (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.
The Commune along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.[2]
The Romans gave to the land of the Puisaye Podiacia name, due to unevenness of the surface that word (says the Encyclopedia) meaning a mountainous country It was covered with thick forests, and believed to have been the center "of Gaul, where the Druids held their meetings of annuals. ' Francais It is believed that the name Puisaye or Puisaye from the lords whom he fell in sharing during the conquest of Gaul and the establishment of the monarchy. Although the conduct and the end of this major war against the king, were also glorious to Louis le Gros, the results were advantageous to him - himself and his descendants, it seems the false policy which brought modern historians to distort even the names of the leaders of the Confederacy.