Faverolles (French pronunciation: [favʁɔl] ) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Faverolles is the village in which the protagonist of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, Jean Valjean lived before he was arrested.

Here is a quote from Victor Hugo's novel:

"Jean Valjean came from a poor peasant family of Brie. He had not learned to read in his childhood. When he reached man's estate, he became a tree-pruner at Faverolles."

The village of Faverolles is situated in the Department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France, in the country of France. An area of the department of Aisne was historically part of the region of Brie. This northern part of Brie was also called 'Brie pouilleuse'.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	361	—
1975	283	−3.42%
1982	265	−0.93%
1990	308	+1.90%
1999	319	+0.39%
2007	343	+0.91%
2012	321	−1.32%
2017	317	−0.25%
Source: INSEE

• Communes of the Aisne department