Ferrières-en-Brie
Commune in Île-de-France, France
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Ferrières-en-Brie (French pronunciation: [fɛʁjɛʁ ɑ̃ bʁi] ⓘ; lit. 'Ferrières-in-Brie'; before 1996, simply Ferrières)[3] is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in northern France.
Ferrières-en-Brie | |
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Saint Rémy Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ferrières-en-Brie | |
  Ferrières-en-Brie Location within France  Ferrières-en-Brie Location within Île-de-France (region) | |
| Coordinates: 48°49′25″N 2°42′21″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Torcy |
| Canton | Ozoir-la-Ferrière |
| Intercommunality | CA Marne et Gondoire |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Mireille Munch[1] |
Area 1 | 6.75 km2 (2.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 3,932 |
| • Density | 583/km2 (1,510/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Ferrièrois |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77181 /77164 |
| Elevation | 84–126 m (276–413 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Ferrières-en-Brie is located 26 km (16 mi) 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 (masculine) and Ferrièroises (feminine) in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 941 | — |
| 1975 | 1,031 | +1.31% |
| 1982 | 1,340 | +3.82% |
| 1990 | 1,445 | +0.95% |
| 1999 | 1,655 | +1.52% |
| 2007 | 2,138 | +3.25% |
| 2012 | 2,288 | +1.37% |
| 2017 | 3,433 | +8.45% |
| 2023 | 3,932 | +2.29% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Education
The town has a single public preschool and elementary school, groupe scolaire de la Taffarette.[5]
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
