Ferreux-Quincey
| Ferreux-Quincey | ||
|---|---|---|
|
||
| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Aube | |
| Arrondissement | Nogent-sur-Seine | |
| Canton | Nogent-sur-Seine | |
| Community association | Nogentais | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 27 ' N , 3 ° 37' E | |
| height | 75-188 m | |
| surface | 15.32 km 2 | |
| Residents | 399 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 26 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 10400 | |
| INSEE code | 10148 | |
Ferreux-Quincey is a French commune with 399 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aube department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Champagne-Ardenne ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Seine and to the Nogentais municipal association founded in 2006 . The inhabitants are called ferrillons .
The municipality in its current form was created in 1972 through the incorporation of the formerly independent municipality of Quincey into Ferreux .
geography
The municipality of Ferreux-Quincey, consisting of the eponymous villages Quincey and Ferreux , is twelve kilometers southeast of Nogent-sur-Seine and about 37 kilometers northwest of Troyes in the southwest of the Champagne sèche , the "dry Champagne". The Ardusson , which is lined with alluvial forests, flows through the 15.32 km² community . Between the forests of Le Grand Parc in the north and Bois de Ferreux in the south, the landscape is characterized by fields and meadows on a gently undulating ground relief. Ferreux-Quincey is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pont-sur-Seine in the north, Saint-Hilaire-sous-Romilly in the north-east, Saint-Loup-de-Buffigny in the east and south-east, Avant-lès-Marcilly in the south-west and Saint-Aubin in the Northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 191 | 154 | 236 | 270 | 339 | 337 | 344 | 370 | |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Loup-de-Sens church in Ferreux
- Saint Martin Church in Quincey
- Château de Ferreux
- Former nunnery Le Paraclet with monastery chapel and garden on the border with the municipality of Saint-Aubin , Monument historique
- Fallen memorial
- two lavoirs
Saint-Loup-de-Sens church
Saint Martin Church
Château de Ferreux
former Le Paraclet nunnery
Fallen memorial
Personalities
- Heloisa , abbess of the Le Paraclet monastery (died around 1164)
- Petrus Abelardus (1079–1142), at times a hermit near Quincey
Economy and Infrastructure
Ferreux-Quincey is very rural. Nine farms are located in the community (grain cultivation, cattle breeding).
The D 442 from Nogent-sur-Seine to Troyes runs through the municipality of Ferreux-Quincey . There are connections to the A 5 and A 26 car routes near the city of Troyes, 37 kilometers away . The train station in the city of Nogent-sur-Seine, twelve kilometers away, is on the Paris – Mulhouse railway line .
Web links
supporting documents
- ↑ Inclusion on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Ferreux-Quincey on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Ferreux-Quincey on insee.fr
- ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved July 2, 2019 (French).
- ↑ farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)