Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières

Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France, located in the metropolitan area of Paris.

Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières
Location of Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières
Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières
Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières
Coordinates: 48°32′28″N 2°10′41″E
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentEssonne
ArrondissementÉtampes
CantonDourdan
IntercommunalityEntre Juine et Renarde
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Pierre Le Floc'h
Area
1
4.37 km2 (1.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
294
 • Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
91578 /91910
Elevation62–159 m (203–522 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Inhabitants of Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières are known as Saint-Sulpiciens.

Geography

Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières is located in the Renarde valley, 35 km (22 mi) South of Paris.

History

The previous name of the village is Favières from the Old French faveriis which itself is derived from the Latin fava (broad bean) meaning broad bean field.

Monuments

Saint-Sulpice church

The church was built during the 13th century and 14th century and is dedicated to Sulpice the Pious (ca 576-647), bishop of Bourges.

Segrez manor-house

The manor-house was built during the 18th century and hosted in 1884 one of the biggest arboretums of its time, the Arboretum de Segrez, with more than 6500 species of tree.

See also

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


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