Ferrières-en-Gâtinais

Ferrières-en-Gâtinais (French pronunciation: [fɛʁjɛʁ ɑ̃ ɡɑtinɛ]; literally "Ferrières in Gâtinais", before 2001: Ferrières)^[3] is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
Commune
The church in Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
Coat of arms
Location of Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
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Coordinates: 48°05′35″N 2°47′25″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  (2022)[2]	3,794
• Density	240/km2 (620/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 was the site of the Benedictine monastery Ferrières Abbey, which had an extensive library in the Middle Ages.^[4]

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[5]

See also

• Communes of the Loiret department