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Faverolles (French pronunciation: [favʁɔl] ) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
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 The town hall of Faverolles | |
Location of Faverolles  | |
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| Coordinates: 49°13′12″N 3°10′35″E / 49.22°N 3.1764°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Soissons |
| Canton | Villers-Cotterêts |
| Intercommunality | Retz-en-Valois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (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. | |
Literature
editFaverolles 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
edit| 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] | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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