La Ferté-Saint-Aubin

La Ferte-Saint -Aubin is a commune with 7144 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the Loiret in the Centre region. It belongs to the district of Orléans and the Canton of La Ferté -Saint -Aubin.

La Ferte-Saint -Aubin consists of the two places and La Ferté Saint -Aubin, both together form a Unité urbaine, as they are grown together. At the same time La Ferté -Aubin is the geographically largest commune in the department of Loiret. The municipality had in the past repeatedly the name of the owner of the castle, so La Ferté- Nabert, La Ferte -St- Nectaire, La Ferté- Senneterre or La Ferte- Lowendal. During the Revolution it was called La Ferté -Cosson after the river Cosson, where the spot is.

Neighboring communities of La Ferte-Saint -Aubin are Ardon in the Northwest, Saint- Cyr -en -Val in the north, Marcilly -en -Villette in the north- east, Ménestreau -en -Villette in the east, Vouzon the southeast, Chaumont- sur- Tharonne in the south, Yvoy -le- Marron in the southwest and, Jouy -le- Potier and Ligny -le- Ribault in the West.

Demographics

Attractions

• Château de la Ferté -Saint -Aubin ( 16th century monument historique )
• Private locks, all dating from the 19th century and mostly as hunting lodges were: la Papinière, Montesault, les Fontaines, Chaselle, Bellefontaine, Villaine, le Ruth, les muids, la Luzière, Landes, la Grisonnière, la Goronnière, Chevau, Chartraine, Bohardière la, la Beuvronne, les and les Aulnettes Aisses.
• Half-timbered houses in the town center ( Rue Saint -Michel )
• Saint-Michel church with a choir from the 11th or 12th century
• Church of Saint- Aubin with a bell tower from the 15th century (partly Monument historique )

Twinning

• Roadstead ( Westfalen)
• Saint -Augustin -de- Desmaures (Canada)
• Santa Vittoria in Mantenano (Italy )
• Trois -Rivieres (Guadeloupe )