Favières (Seine-et-Marne)

Favières is a common French, located in the department of Seine-et-Marne and the area Île-de-France.

Its inhabitants is called the Favièrois .

Geography

Localities and variations

  • Hermières, old hamlet of the commune of Favières

Communes bordering

The communes bordering are:

History

  • With the hamlet of Hermières was founded about 1160 an abbey about Prémontrés dedicated to Saint Nicolas of Hermières.C' ette abbey was removed with the Revolution and part of the stones used for the construction of the castle.

Administration

Demography

Religious heritage

  • the church Martin Saint for part of IXe and Xle centuries.
  • Old abbey of Hermières

Economy

Famous characters

  • Abbot Edme Pirot, doctor in Sorbonne (1661)
  • Bismarck remained in Favières located in territory of Prussian occupation during the war of 1870-1871

Tourist monuments and places

Events

Twinnings

  • Favières (54)

References

External bonds

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