Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières

Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières
The town hall in Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières The town hall in Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières
Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières
Location within Île-de-France region Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Étampes
Canton	Saint-Chéron
Intercommunality	Entre Juine et Renarde
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Pierre Le Floc'h
Area1	4.37 km2 (1.69 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	325
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	91578 / 91910
Elevation	62–159 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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.

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

• Communes of the Essonne department

References

• INSEE
• Mayors of Essonne Association (French)

External links

• Official website (French)
• Website of the Domaine de Segrez
• Mérimée database - Cultural heritage (French)
• Land use (IAURIF) (English)