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The name of Moriers appears as early as the Romanesque period with various variants: Morioecium, Moreherium, Moereriae. Placed under the invocation of Notre-Dame, the current church has retained its 13th-century nave extended by a flat-ended apse. In the 16th century, a collateral with three gables was built to the south in the style of the church of Alluyes. A timber-framed bell tower crowns the eastern part of the roof. The vault was designed in a basket-handle shape in the 19th century; it forms a homogeneous ensemble with the building. It integrates perfectly with the painted tie beams of the 18th-century timber frame with rafters forming trusses. Some painted panels of the panelled vault still remain under the roof space, now 90% destroyed. Two of the capitals in the side aisle are decorated with human heads. Charles Roscoët, a Breton sculptor, and Louis Duict, a carpenter, worked twice in Moriers: a first time (contract of July 10, 1666) for a high altar adorned with statues of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, a second time for a disappeared altarpiece (contract of September 17, 1685). For the restoration of the last two bays of the vault, the Sauvegarde de l’Art français granted a subsidy of €12,000 in 2002.

The parish church of Baignolet, under the invocation of Saint Sebastian, was a simple priory dependent on the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Florentin de Bonneval, in the diocese of Chartres. The foundation of this priory is said to date back before 870. For their protection, the monks were under the authority of the vidame of Chartres. From the Romanesque period, the three-bay nave, the choir area, and the semi-circular apse vaulted in a cul-de-four (11th-12th centuries) remain. This part of the building has retained its small rubble masonry. The numerous endowments the priory received in the 13th century made it very prosperous and were likely the origin of a new construction phase; it is from this period, it seems, that the imposing, particularly tall bell tower dates, built in dressed stone, supported by massive corner buttresses. It was likely rebuilt on an earlier foundation. In the 15th century, a three-bay side aisle was added to the nave on the north side. Forming a sequence of three gables externally, this side aisle in dressed stone harmonizes with the bell tower. Also in the 15th century, a large flamboyant tracery window with two mullions was pierced in the east wall of the bell tower, in the same style as the windows of the side aisle. The 19th-century work consisted of building a three-sided apse within the volume of the Romanesque choir. The dividing wall between the third bay of the side aisle and the base of the bell tower was then demolished, opening up the perspective of the side aisle, as evidenced by a plan by the departmental surveyor dated July 25, 1852. This same report, which mentions the ribbed vaults of the aisle and the choir area, states, "the vaults of the choir and those of the low nave are in rubble masonry, they are decorated with diagonal ribs and ogives in 'pierre de caille' stone"; it specifies that the nave was then covered with an "oak paneling"; it is currently covered by a brick vault plastered over. The gable wall of the facade also bears the trace of the former roof slope, which was redone at that time. The facade of the church is particularly striking: the door is surmounted by four rows of torus moldings in the center; it is flanked by two powerful buttresses that support the gable wall and between which is a rose window whose design appears late. For the repair of the 'pierre de caille' stone facings of the south and west facades of the bell tower, the renovation of the roof structure and covering of the choir and the north chapel, the Sauvegarde de l’Art Français granted aid of 100,000 F in 1994 to this unprotected church.

The church consists of a single nave, extended by a single-bay choir, and a semicircular apse. Two canted chapels, forming a false transept, were added during this renovation. The church is dominated by a timber-framed bell tower that rises above the first bay of the nave. The gable of the western facade was rebuilt in the last century, an external wooden porch removed. The central axis of the current facade is punctuated by a semicircular door surmounted by an archivolt, a circular opening on the first level and a small window pierced in the upper part of the gable. On the north side, a highly raised stringcourse forming a cornice, resting on simple modillions, still survives in the upper part of the wall. Additional openings were added to the old, narrow, and uneven openings in the last century, in the nave, as well as in the choir and apse, to allow more daylight to enter the building. The interior of the church is covered with a paneled roof structure: the one covering the nave is believed to date from the 16th century. The entire structure has been given a coherent decoration, from the faux-stone plasterwork to the paneled vault, the furnishings, and the statuary. The church also boasts a 17th-century polychrome wooden statue of Saint Barbara. The Prunelé coat of arms appears at the bottom of the stained-glass window of Saint Louis and, outside, on a medallion on the apse wall. The Sauvegarde de l'Art Français (French National Art Protection Agency) granted €5,000 in grants in 2004 for masonry and roof repairs and the installation of drainage.

Saint-Pierre Church dates back to the 14th century. It is located in Nottonville itself, opposite the town hall. Its 17th-century timber-framed bell tower was restored following the 1999 storm.

This small village (Wikipedia lists only 148 inhabitants at the beginning of 2022) has a truly grand name: Saint Christopher. The choice of this patron saint is very fitting for a place located on the banks of a river. According to tradition, Christopher was a giant who carried people across a river. One day, a child (who was Jesus, though he didn't know it) called to him, and he took the child on his shoulders and waded through the water. Hence his name, which means "Christ-bearer."

The Henri Ey Hospital Center is a departmental public health establishment, specialized in psychiatry, which provides a mission of prevention and reception, care, aftercare and reintegration in mental health in Eure-et-Loir. It provides care in adult, child and adolescent psychiatry, as well as a medico-social activity in the field of geriatrics and psychological and mental disabilities.

The Saint-André church burned down in the middle of the 19th century. The priest, forced to celebrate mass in a barn, opened a subscription in 1864, the church was rebuilt in 1865, according to the original plan, plus a transept. Bell tower-porch.

The Sainte Christine church represents a heritage of the rural and religious world characteristic of Beauce, the "breadbasket" of France since the Middle Ages. The Romanesque nave dates from the 12th century and was given a bell tower in the 18th century. The spire then peaked at 28 meters high, visible from afar from the surrounding countryside. In 1835, a hurricane damaged the roof of the bell tower. In 1893, lightning ignited the spire which burned almost entirely. The traces are still visible today. It would take almost 25 years for the church to regain its bell tower, reduced by half to 17 meters in height. The heritage to be restored is in line with the many religious buildings in this area such as the Saint Sébastien church in Baignolet, listed as a Historic Monument.