Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Loiret)
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region | Center-Val de Loire | |
Department | Loiret | |
Arrondissement | Montargis | |
Canton | Lorris | |
Community association | Canaux et Forêts en Gâtinais | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 49 ′ N , 2 ° 49 ′ E | |
height | 115-166 m | |
surface | 40.74 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,083 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 27 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 45230 | |
INSEE code | 45278 | |
Website | http://www.saintegenevievedesbois.fr/ |
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is a French commune with 1,083 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loiret in the region Center-Val de Loire . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Montargis and the canton of Lorris (until 2015: canton of Châtillon-Coligny ).
geography
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is located about 68 kilometers east-southeast of Orléans in central France in the Gâtinais countryside on the eastern edge of the Loiret department on the Loing River and the Canal de Briare , which flow along the eastern municipal border. Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Montbouy in the north, Châtillon-Coligny in the east, Dammarie-sur-Loing in the south-east, Adon in the south, Boismorand in the west and south-west and Nogent-sur-Vernisson in the west and north-west.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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734 | 812 | 879 | 1,046 | 952 | 990 | 1,064 | 1.104 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Sainte-Geneviève church
- 17th century castles of Bellecour, Les Bezards, Bois Joly, de Briquemault, Le Brochard, Le Buisson, Les Godeaux, Rivière