Ferrières-en-Gâtinais | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Ferrières-en-Gâtinais (45).svg |
Arrondissement: | Montargis |
Canton: | Courtenay |
Insee: | 45145 |
Postal Code: | 45210 |
Mayor: | Gérard Larcheron[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Quatre Vallées |
Coordinates: | 48.0931°N 2.7903°W |
Elevation Min M: | 72 |
Elevation Max M: | 121 |
Area Km2: | 15.87 |
Ferrières-en-Gâtinais (pronounced as /fr/; literally "Ferrières in Gâtinais", before 2001: Ferrières)[2] is a commune 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.[3]
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.