Faverolles (French pronunciation: [favʁɔl] (listen)) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
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Faverolles | |
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Commune | |
![]() The town hall of Faverolles | |
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Coordinates: 49°13′12″N 3°10′35″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 | 321 |
• Density | 23/km2 (60/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 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'.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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] |
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