Faverolles, Aisne

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Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Faverolles
Commune
The town hall of Faverolles
Location of Faverolles
(2020–2026)		Christian Poteaux^[1]
Area ¹	13.79 km² (5.32 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	340
• Density	25/km² (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	02302 /02600
Elevation	67–177 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.

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

Literature

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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% 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]

References

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