La Ferté-Saint-Aubin
La Ferté-Saint-Aubin is a commune in the Loiret department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.
Geography
The commune is traversed by the Cosson river.History
During the Middle Ages, the area was known as La Ferté-Nabert and held as a lordship beginning with Jean de Mornay, brother of the bishop and chancellor Pierre de Mornay.It was acquired in the 16th century by the house of Saint Nectaire, and erected into a duchy in the peerage of France in 1665 for Henri de La Ferté-Senneterre, marshal of France. It was called La Ferté Lowendal after it had been acquired by Woldemar de Lowendal in 1748.
In February 1939, the Chateau de la Ferté-Saint-Aubin was used for exterior shots in the celebrated Jean Renoir movie The Rules of the Game.