Faverolles, Aisne

Faverolles
Faverolles
Location within Picardy region  Faverolles
Coordinates: 49°13′12″N 3°10′35″E / 49.22°N 3.1764°ECoordinates: 49°13′12″N 3°10′35″E / 49.22°N 3.1764°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Soissons
Canton	Villers-Cotterêts
Intercommunality	Villers-Cotterêts–Forêt de Retz
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alexandre Potel
Area^1	13.79 km^2 (5.32 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	346
• Density	25/km^2 (65/sq mi)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Faverolles is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.

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 Picardy, 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.	±%
1962	364	—
1968	361	−0.8%
1975	283	−21.6%
1982	265	−6.4%
1990	308	+16.2%
1999	319	+3.6%
2008	346	+8.5%

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

References

• INSEE