Ferrières-en-Gâtinais

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Ferrières-en-Gâtinais

(2020–2026) Gérard Larcheron^[1]Area

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-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]

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
Year	Pop.	±% 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^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ 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.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE