Ferrières-en-Gâtinais

Ferrières-en-Gâtinais (French pronunciation: [fɛʁjɛʁ ɑ̃ ɡɑtinɛ]; literally "Ferrières in Gâtinais", before 2001: Ferrières)[3] is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
The church in Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
The church in Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
Coat of arms of Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
Location of Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
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Ferrières-en-Gâtinais is located in France
Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
Ferrières-en-Gâtinais is located in Centre-Val de Loire
Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
Coordinates: 48°05′35″N 2°47′25″E / 48.0931°N 2.7903°E / 48.0931; 2.7903
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentLoiret
ArrondissementMontargis
CantonCourtenay
IntercommunalityQuatre Vallées
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Gérard Larcheron[1]
Area
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15.87 km2 (6.13 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
3,750
 • Density240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
45145 /45210
Elevation72–121 m (236–397 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ferrières was the site of the Benedictine monastery Ferrières Abbey, which had an extensive library in the Middle Ages.[4]

Geography

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The municipality is located in the Gâtinais region, north of the national forest (forêt domaniale) of Montargis, 13 km north of the town of Montargis, 81 km north-east of Orléans and 98 miles south of Paris. To the north the municipality borders the department of Seine-et-Marne. The Cléry, a tributary of the Loing, flows through the village.

The municipality contains the village of Ferrières and the hamlets of Saint-Séverin, Petit-Ambreville, Le Grand-Ambreville, Collumeaux, Egrefin, Birague, La Queue-de-l'étang, Tirelande, Le Perrocher, and La Grange Tascher.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,473—    
1975 1,806+2.95%
1982 2,367+3.94%
1990 2,896+2.55%
1999 3,049+0.57%
2007 3,330+1.11%
2012 3,530+1.17%
2017 3,687+0.87%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Décret du 1er février 2001 portant changement de nom de communes, Légifrance.
  4. ^ Mostert, Marco (1996). "The tradition of classical texts in the manuscripts of Fleury". In Chavannes-Mazel, Claudine Albertine; Smith, Margaret M. (eds.). Medieval manuscripts of the Latin classics: production and use. Los Altos Hills, California: Anderson-Lovelace. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-9626372-4-7.
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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