Sceaux-du-Gâtinais
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Loiret | |
| Arrondissement | Montargis | |
| Canton | Courtenay | |
| Community association | Quatre Vallées | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 6 ′ N , 2 ° 36 ′ E | |
| height | 77-101 m | |
| surface | 31.72 km 2 | |
| Residents | 635 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 20 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 45490 | |
| INSEE code | 45303 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Sceaux-du-Gâtinais |
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Sceaux-du-Gâtinais is a French municipality with 635 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loiret in the region Center-Val de Loire . Sceaux-du-Gâtinais belongs to the arrondissement of Montargis and the canton of Courtenay (until 2015: canton Ferrières-en-Gâtinais ). The inhabitants are called Scéléens .
geography
Sceaux-du-Gâtinais is about 90 kilometers south of Paris in the Gâtinais countryside on the Fusain river . Sceaux-du-Gâtinais is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Mondreville in the north, Château-Landon in the east and northeast, Courtempierre in the east and southeast, Corbeilles in the south and southeast, Fontenay-sur-Loing in the south, Bordeaux-en-Gâtinais in the west and Southwest, Auxy in the west and Beaumont-du-Gâtinais and Gironville in the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 687 | 609 | 505 | 471 | 447 | 488 | 577 | 642 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Saturnin church, historic monument since 1992
- Remains of the Roman settlement Aquae Segetae, Monument historique since 1986
Parish partnership
There is a partnership with the British community of Queniborough in Leicestershire (England).
Personalities
- Charles-Wilfrid de Bériot (around 1833–1914), pianist and composer
