Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
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Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
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| Coordinates: 48°05′35″N 2°47′25″E / 48.0931°N 2.7903°ECoordinates: 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 | Ferrières-en-Gâtinais | |
| Intercommunality | Quatre Vallées | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Gérard Larcheron | |
| Area1 | 15.87 km2 (6.13 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)2 | 3,530 | |
| • Density | 220/km2 (580/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 45145 /45210 | |
| Elevation | 72–121 m (236–397 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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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 is a commune (municipality) 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.
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.
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