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Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France
Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
Commune
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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
Area15.87 km (6.13 sq mi)
Population3,794
 • Density240/km (620/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code45145 /45210
Elevation72–121 m (236–397 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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

Geography

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

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

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  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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