Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Loiret)

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
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 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
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

Sainte-Geneviève church

Web links

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