Faverolles-en-Berry
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| local community | Villentrois-Faverolles-en-Berry | |
| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre | |
| Arrondissement | Chateauroux | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 10 ′ N , 1 ° 25 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 36360 | |
| Former INSEE code | 36072 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Main street into town |
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Faverolles-en-Berry (until 2017: faverolles ) is a village and a former French community with 306 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Indre in the Region Center-Val de Loire . It belonged to the canton of Valençay in the arrondissement of Châteauroux . The inhabitants are called Faverollais .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Villentrois and Faverolles-en-Berry were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Villentrois-Faverolles-en-Berry and have the status of a Commune déléguée there . The administrative headquarters are in Villentrois.
geography
Faverolles is located about 55 kilometers north-northwest of Châteauroux . It borders on Châteauvieux to the north, Villentrois to the east, Luçay-le-Mâle to the south and Nouans-les-Fontaines to the west .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 748 | 688 | 551 | 444 | 411 | 379 | 350 | 348 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame church
Personalities
- Benjamin Rabier (1864–1939), draftsman and illustrator
