Ferrières-en-Brie

Ferrières-en-Brie (French pronunciation: [fɛʁjɛʁ ɑ̃ bʁi] , literally Ferrières in Brie) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Geography

Ferrières-en-Brie is located 26 km (16 mi) east of Paris, on the Brie plateau, between the Seine river and Marne river valleys. It is twinned with the village of Dunchurch, Warwickshire, United Kingdom.

Population

Inhabitants of Ferrières-en-Brie are called Ferrièrois in French.

Education

The town has a single public preschool and elementary school, groupe scolaire de la Taffarette.

Castle

• Château de Ferrières, built in the 19th century by Joseph Paxton for James de Rotschild on the place of the former castle of Joseph Fouché, Duke of Otranto

See also

• Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department

References

External links

• Home page (in French)
• 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Château de la Ferrières english website