Ferrières-en-Gâtinais | |
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Coordinates: 48°05′35″N 2°47′25″E / 48.0931°N 2.7903°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Department | Loiret |
Arrondissement | Montargis |
Canton | Courtenay |
Intercommunality | Quatre Vallées |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Gérard Larcheron [1] |
Area 1 | 15.87 km2 (6.13 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 3,750 |
• Density | 240/km2 (610/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
45145 /45210 |
Elevation | 72–121 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-en-Gâtinais (French pronunciation: [fɛʁjɛʁ ɑ̃ ɡɑtinɛ]; literally "Ferrières in Gâtinais") 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. [3]
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.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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 [4] |