Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry

Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry
region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Melun
Canton	Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry (main town)
Community association	Melun Val de Seine
Coordinates	48 ° 32 ' N , 2 ° 33' E Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ' N , 2 ° 33' E
height	37-86 m
surface	16.57 km 2
Residents	14,206 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	857 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	77310
INSEE code	77407
Website	http://www.saint-fargeau-ponthierry.fr/
	; Town hall of Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry

Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry is a French municipality with 14,206 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Seine-et-Marne in the region Ile-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Melun and the canton of Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry . The inhabitants are called Ferréopontains , those of the respective districts of Thierrypontains and Ferréolais .

geography

The place is about ten kilometers west of Melun on a loop of the Seine . Here the École flows into the Seine. The municipality is located in the Gâtinais français Regional Nature Park .

The municipality is surrounded by Nandy in the north, Seine-Port in the northeast, Boissise-le-Roi in the east, Pringy in the southeast, Saint-Sauveur-sur-École in the south, Nainville-les-Roches in the southwest, Auvernaux in the west and Le Coudray-Montceaux in the northwest.

traffic

The former Route nationale 7 runs through the municipality . The stations in the districts of Saint-Fargeau and Ponthierry are on the RER D line and the railway line from Corbeil-Essonnes to Montereau.

history

Saint-Fargeau was the seat of a barony. Ponthierry takes its name from a bridge over the École, which is said to have been built by Theodoric II around the year 600.