Faverolles (French pronunciation: [favʁɔl] ) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Faverolles
The town hall of Faverolles
The town hall of Faverolles
Location of Faverolles
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Faverolles is located in France
Faverolles
Faverolles
Faverolles is located in Hauts-de-France
Faverolles
Faverolles
Coordinates: 49°13′12″N 3°10′35″E / 49.22°N 3.1764°E / 49.22; 3.1764
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentAisne
ArrondissementSoissons
CantonVillers-Cotterêts
IntercommunalityRetz-en-Valois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Christian Poteaux[1]
Area
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13.79 km2 (5.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
340
 • Density25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
02302 /02600
Elevation67–177 m (220–581 ft)
(avg. 140 m or 460 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Literature

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Faverolles is the village in which the protagonist of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, Jean Valjean lived before he was arrested.

Here is a quote from Victor Hugo's novel:

"Jean Valjean came from a poor peasant family of Brie. He had not learned to read in his childhood. When he reached man's estate, he became a tree-pruner at Faverolles."

The village of Faverolles is situated in the Department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France, in the country of France. An area of the department of Aisne was historically part of the region of Brie. This northern part of Brie was also called 'Brie pouilleuse'.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 361—    
1975 283−3.42%
1982 265−0.93%
1990 308+1.90%
1999 319+0.39%
2007 343+0.91%
2012 321−1.32%
2017 317−0.25%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE