Faverolles, Aisne

Faverolles is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Faverolles
Commune
The town hall of Faverolles
Location 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 (2014-2020)	Christian Poteaux
Area ^1	13.79 km^2 (5.32 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	317
• Density	23/km^2 (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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Literature

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'.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	340	—
2007	343	+0.9%
2008	346	+0.9%
2009	345	−0.3%
2010	343	−0.6%
2011	332	−3.2%
2012	321	−3.3%
2013	310	−3.4%
2014	309	−0.3%
2015	308	−0.3%
2016	313	+1.6%

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.