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Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières
Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières
Commune
	The town hall in Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières
	Location of Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières
	Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières
	Coordinates: 48°32′28″N 2°10′41″E / 48.541°N 2.1781°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Étampes
Canton	Dourdan
Intercommunality	Entre Juine et Renarde
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Olivier Petrilli
Area 1	4.37 km2 (1.69 sq mi)
Population (2021)	270
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	91578 /91910
Elevation	62–159 m (203–522 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sylpis də favjɛʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France, located in the metropolitan area of Paris.

Inhabitants of Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières are known as Saint-Sulpiciens.

Geography

Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières is located in the Renarde valley, 35 km (22 mi) South of Paris.

History

The previous name of the village is Favières from the Old French faveriis which itself is derived from the Latin fava (broad bean) meaning broad bean field.

Monuments

Saint-Sulpice church

The church was built during the 13th century and 14th century and is dedicated to Sulpice the Pious (ca 576–647), bishop of Bourges.

Segrez manor-house

The manor-house was built during the 18th century and hosted in 1884 one of the biggest arboretums of its time, the Arboretum de Segrez, with more than 6500 species of tree.