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Hardricourt
Hardricourt
Commune
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Hardricourt
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	Coordinates: 49°00′32″N 1°53′40″E / 49.0089°N 1.8944°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Mantes-la-Jolie
Canton	Les Mureaux
Intercommunality	CU Grand Paris Seine et Oise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yann Scotte
Area 1	3.28 km2 (1.27 sq mi)
Population (2021)	2,480
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	78299 /78250
Elevation	18–118 m (59–387 ft) ; (avg. 58 m or 190 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hardricourt (French pronunciation: [aʁdʁikuʁ]) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

The castle of Hardricourt was between 1970 and 2011 the property of Jean-Bedel Bokassa, from 1966 dictator and between 1977 and 1979 self-appointed emperor of the Central African Republic. He was overthrown in 1977 and, after a period in the Ivory Coast, lived in the castle in exile from c. 1983 to 1986.^[3]