Ferrières-en-Brie explained

Ferrières-en-Brie
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Ferrières-en-Brie.svg
Coordinates:	48.8236°N 2.7058°W
Insee:	77181
Postal Code:	77164
Arrondissement:	Torcy
Canton:	Ozoir-la-Ferrière
Mayor:	Mireille Munch^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CA Marne et Gondoire
Elevation Min M:	84
Elevation Max M:	126
Area Km2:	6.75

Ferrières-en-Brie (in French pronounced as /fɛʁjɛʁ ɑ̃ bʁi/, literally Ferrières in Brie) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Geography

Ferrières-en-Brie is located 26km (16miles) east of Paris, on the Brie plateau, between the Seine river and Marne river valleys. It is twinned with the village of Dunchurch, Warwickshire, United Kingdom.

Population

Inhabitants of Ferrières-en-Brie are called Ferrièrois in French.

Education

The town has a single public preschool and elementary school, groupe scolaire de la Taffarette.^[2]

Castle

• Château de Ferrières, built in the 19th century by Joseph Paxton for James de Rotschild on the place of the former castle of Joseph Fouché, Duke of Otranto

See also

• Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department

External links

• Home page
• 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région)
  • Château de la Ferrières english website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. "L'école." Ferrières-en-Brie. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.