- Saint-Fargeau
French commune
nomcommune=Saint-Fargeau
caption=
région=Bourgogne
département=Yonne
arrondissement=Auxerre
canton=Saint-Fargeau (chief town)
insee=89170
cp=89344
maire=Pierre Bordier
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes de la Puisaye Fargeaulaise
latitude=47.64167
longitude=3.07194
alt moy=215 m
alt mini=182 m
alt maxi=280 m
km²=67.20
sans=1,814
date-sans=1999
dens=27
date-dens=1999Saint-Fargeau is a commune of the
Yonne "département" inFrance .Demographics
As of the
census of 1999, the population was formatnum:1814.
On 1 January 2004, the estimate was formatnum:1693.People
*In the early years of the reign of
Louis XIV , the town was the home to his exiled cousin, the hugely wealthy "Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans" [Wilson, Katharina M., "An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers", P863. Published 1991, Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0824085477] . She lived in thechâteau of the town, giving the building its present appearance. The building also has her monogram over its main entrance. She held the title of "duchesse de Saint-Fargeau" in her own right.
*Jean d'Ormesson - a French novelist, mostly writing partially or totally autobiographic novels. He was brought up at the château and was born in 1925.
*Robert Gall 1918 - 1990 - was a French lyricist.ee also
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Communes of the Yonne department References
* [http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE] en icon
* [http://www.ign.fr/rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1&lng_id=EN IGN] en icon
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