Saint-Fargeau

Coordinates: 47°38′30″N 3°04′19″E / 47.6417°N 3.0719°E / 47.6417; 3.0719
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For the Île-de-France commune, see Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry.
Saint-Fargeau
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Fargeau
The town hall in Saint-Fargeau
Coat of arms of Saint-Fargeau
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Fargeau
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Saint-Fargeau is located in France
Saint-Fargeau
Saint-Fargeau
Saint-Fargeau is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Fargeau
Saint-Fargeau
Coordinates: 47°38′30″N 3°04′19″E / 47.6417°N 3.0719°E / 47.6417; 3.0719
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentYonne
ArrondissementAuxerre
CantonCœur de Puisaye
IntercommunalityPuisaye-Forterre
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Dominique Charpentier[1]
Area
1
67.20 km2 (25.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,474
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
89344 /89170
Elevation182–280 m (597–919 ft)
(avg. 215 m or 705 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Fargeau is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France,[3] in the historical region of Puisaye.

Main sights

  • Saint-Ferréol church, built in Gothic style in the 14th and 15th centuries. Notable burials: heart of Antoine de Chabannes, whose body was laid to rest in Dammartin-en-Goële; burials of his wife Marguerite de Nanteuil (ca. 1422-1475), and of his son and successor Jean de Chabannes (1462-1503).
  • Château de Saint-Fargeau (Saint-Fargeau Castle) mostly built in the 15th and 17th centuries.
  • Musée de l'Aventure du Son (Museum of Sound Discovery) displaying more than 1000 gramophones, radios and mechanical musical instruments.

Personalities

  • Saint Fargeau
    , or Ferreolus, (died c. 212), an early Christian martyr
  • Jacques Coeur
    . He reconstructed the castle in the late 1460s and made other investments in the town, including the foundation of a hospital.
  • In the early years of the reign of
    duchesse
    de Saint-Fargeau in her own right. A fire in 1752 and further damage in 1850 has largely destroyed the original building.
  • Jean d'Ormesson - a French novelist, mostly writing partially or totally autobiographic novels. He was brought up at the château and was born in 1925.[5]
  • Robert Gall 1918 - 1990 - was a French lyricist.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Commune de Saint-Fargeau (89344)". INSEE.
  4. ISBN 0-8240-8547-7
    .
  5. ^ "L'écrivain Jean d'Ormesson est mort à l'âge de 92 ans". Le Figaro. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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