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Puisaye
The Puisaye () is a natural and historical region of France, now divided between the Departments of France, departments of Loiret, Nièvre and Yonne. Its historical and administrative center is the town of Saint-Fargeau. Its inhabitants are known as ''Poyaudins'' (or ''Puisayens''). Regions of France Geographical, historical and cultural regions of France Name According to local 19th-century historian , the name ''Puisaye'' first appeared in 12th-century Charter, charters. It was variously spelled ''Poiseia'', ''Puseium'', ''Pusaya'', ''Puiseia'', ''Puteacia'', or ''Poidaceia''. Geography Since the Puisaye is not an administrative region, its exact definition and limits can vary depending on time and context. Its core is a land of forests and ponds, traversed by several rivers including the Loing. It is bordered by Sancerrois to the west across the Loire river, Gâtinais to the northwest, Auxerrois (region), Auxerrois to the northeast, Forterre to the southeast, and Donzy, Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forterre
The Forterre is a small natural region on the western edge of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. Name The name Forterre is a contraction of ''forte terre'', "strong earth". Geography The Forterre is neighbored by the Puisaye to the west and northwest, the Auxerre, Auxerrois to the northeast, the Yonne (river), Yonne river valley to the east, and the hills of Nivernais to the south. Its main town is Courson-les-Carrières. Significant villages include Bouhy, Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines, Etais-la-Sauvin, Ouanne, and Thury, Yonne, Thury. It is traversed by the water divide between the respective catchment areas of the Loire and the Seine. The Loing, a significant tributary of the Seine, has its source in the Forterre, in Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing. Today the Forterre is bypassed by major infrastructures, but that was not always the case. The local topography still has traces of the Roman roads, Roman road between Auxerre (''Autissiodorum'') and Entrains-sur-No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Puisaye
La Puisaye () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. Population History The Romans gave to the land of the Puisaye Podiacia name, due to unevenness of the surface that word (says the Encyclopedia) meaning a mountainous country It was covered with thick forests, and believed to have been the center "of Gaul, where the Druids held their meetings of annuals. FrancaisIt is believed that the name Puisaye or Puisaye from the lords whom he fell in sharing during the conquest of Gaul and the establishment of the monarchy. Although the conduct and the end of this major war against the king, were also glorious to Louis le Gros, the results were advantageous to him - himself and his descendants, it seems the false policy which brought modern historians to distort even the names of the leaders of the Confederacy. See also *Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department The following is a list of the 365 communes of the Eure-et-Loir department of France. The communes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sougères-en-Puisaye
Sougères-en-Puisaye (, literally ''Sougères in Puisaye'') is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, in the natural region of Forterre - even though its name refers to neighboring Puisaye. Inhabitants are "Sougérois" and "Sougéroise". Geography Sougères-en-Puisaye has few hamlets: "Les Simons" (close to the village), "Chauminet", "Pesselières", "Les Billards" and "Les Roches". See also *Communes of the Yonne department The following is a list of the 423 communes of the Yonne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Official Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye
Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye is a commune in the Yonne department of central France, on the Northern end of the historical region of Puisaye. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Charny, Chambeugle, Chêne-Arnoult, Chevillon, Dicy, Fontenouilles, Grandchamp, Malicorne, Marchais-Beton, Perreux, Prunoy, Saint-Denis-sur-Ouanne, Saint-Martin-sur-Ouanne and Villefranche. 13/17 November 2015 See also *Communes of the Yonne department
The following is a list of the 423 communes of the Yonne department of France.
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Canton Of Vincelles
The canton of Vincelles is an administrative division of the Yonne department, central France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Vincelles. It consists of the following communes: #Andryes # Charentenay # Coulangeron # Coulanges-la-Vineuse #Courson-les-Carrières #Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines # Escamps # Escolives-Sainte-Camille # Étais-la-Sauvin # Fontenoy # Fouronnes # Gy-l'Évêque #Les Hauts de Forterre #Irancy # Jussy # Lain # Lainsecq # Levis # Merry-Sec # Migé # Mouffy # Moutiers-en-Puisaye #Ouanne #Sainpuits #Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye # Saints-en-Puisaye # Sementron #Sougères-en-Puisaye # Thury #Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe # Val-de-Mercy # Vincelles #Vincelottes Vincelottes () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. The bibliographer Jean-Félicissime Adry was born here in 1749. See also *Communes of the Yonne department The following is a li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Cœur De Puisaye
The canton of Cœur de Puisaye is an administrative division of the Yonne department, central France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Toucy. It includes part of the historical region of Puisaye. It consists of the following communes: # Beauvoir # Bléneau # Champcevrais #Champignelles #Diges # Dracy #Égleny # Fontaines # Lalande # Lavau # Leugny # Mézilles #Moulins-sur-Ouanne #Parly # Pourrain #Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses # Ronchères # Saint-Fargeau # Saint-Martin-des-Champs # Saint-Privé # Tannerre-en-Puisaye #Toucy Toucy () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, in the historical region of Puisaye. Personalities Toucy was the birthplace and hometown of Pierre Larousse, lexicographer and founder of the publi ... # Villeneuve-les-Genêts # Villiers-Saint-Benoît References Cantons of Yonne {{Yonne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Fargeau
Saint-Fargeau is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, in the historical region of Puisaye. Main sights * Saint-Ferréol church, built in Gothic style in the 14th and 15th centuries. Notable burials: heart of Antoine de Chabannes, whose body was laid to rest in Dammartin-en-Goële; burials of his wife Marguerite de Nanteuil (ca. 1422-1475), and of his son and successor Jean de Chabannes (1462-1503). * Château de Saint-Fargeau (Saint-Fargeau Castle) mostly built in the 15th and 17th centuries. * Musée de l'Aventure du Son (Museum of Sound Discovery) displaying more than 1000 gramophones, radios and mechanical musical instruments. Personalities * Saint Fargeau, or Ferreolus, (died ), an early Christian martyr * Antoine de Chabannes, a significant figure of France's 15th-century history, acquired Saint-Fargeau and other lands in Puisaye previously held by the disgraced Jacques Coeur. He reconstructed the castle in the late 1460s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Gien
The canton of Gien is an administrative division of the Loiret department, central France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Gien. It consists of the following communes: #Adon #Autry-le-Châtel # Batilly-en-Puisaye #Beaulieu-sur-Loire # Boismorand #Bonny-sur-Loire #Breteau #Briare # La Bussière #Cernoy-en-Berry #Champoulet #Châtillon-sur-Loire # Les Choux # Dammarie-en-Puisaye # Escrignelles # Faverelles # Feins-en-Gâtinais #Gien # Langesse # Le Moulinet-sur-Solin # Nevoy # Ousson-sur-Loire # Ouzouer-sur-Trézée # Pierrefitte-ès-Bois # Saint-Firmin-sur-Loire #Thou The word ''thou'' is a second-person singular pronoun in English. It is now largely archaic, having been replaced in most contexts by the word ''you'', although it remains in use in parts of Northern England and in Scots (). ''Thou'' is the ... References Cantons of Loiret {{Loiret-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loing
The Loing () is a long river in central France, a left tributary of the Seine. Its source is in Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, in the southwestern of the department of Yonne, and it flows into the Seine in Saint-Mammès, near Moret-sur-Loing. Its main tributaries are the Ouanne, the Aveyron, the Puiseaux, the Solin, the Lunain and the Orvanne. The part of the Briare Canal between Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses and Montargis runs parallel to the Loing. Departments and communes along river course *Yonne: Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Moutiers-en-Puisaye, Saint-Fargeau, Saint-Martin-des-Champs, Saint-Privé, Bléneau, Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses *Loiret: Dammarie-sur-Loing, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Châtillon-Coligny, Montbouy, Montcresson, Conflans-sur-Loing, Amilly, Montargis, Châlette-sur-Loing, Cepoy, Girolles, Fontenay-sur-Loing, Nargis, Dordives *Seine-et-Marne: Château-Landon, Souppes-sur-Loing, La Madeleine-sur-Loing, Poligny, Bagneaux-sur-Loing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonne
Yonne () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the river Yonne, which flows through it, in the country's north-central part. One of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's eight constituent departments, it is located in its northwestern part, bordering Île-de-France. It was created in 1790 during the French Revolution. Its prefecture is Auxerre, with subprefectures in Avallon and Sens. Its INSEE and postcode number is 89. Yonne is Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's fourth-most populous department, with a population of 335,707 (2019).Populations légales 2019: 89 Yonne INSEE Its largest city is its prefecture Auxerre, with a population of about 35,000 within city limits and 68,000 in the urban area. History The first evidence of occupation in this ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Pouilly-sur-Loire
The canton of Pouilly-sur-Loire is an administrative division of the Nièvre department, central France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Pouilly-sur-Loire. It consists of the following communes: # Annay # Arquian # Bitry #Bouhy # Bulcy # Cessy-les-Bois #Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis # Ciez # Colméry # Couloutre # Dampierre-sous-Bouhy #Donzy # Garchy # Menestreau # Mesves-sur-Loire #Neuvy-sur-Loire #Perroy #Pouilly-sur-Loire #Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye #Saint-Andelain # Sainte-Colombe-des-Bois #Saint-Laurent-l'Abbaye Saint-Laurent-l'Abbaye () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. See also *Communes of the Nièvre department The following is a list of the 309 communes of the Nièvre department of France. The communes cooperate in th ... # Saint-Malo-en-Donziois # Saint-Martin-sur-Nohain # Saint-Quentin-sur-Nohain # Saint-Vérain # Suilly-la-Tour # Tracy-sur-Loire # Vielmanay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gâtinais
Gâtinais () or Gâtine () was a province of France, containing the area around the valley of the Loing, corresponding roughly to the northeastern part of the département of Loiret, and the south of the present department of Seine-et-Marne. Under the Bourbons, the Gâtinais had already been divided between the provinces of Île-de-France and Orléans. In the words of the modern tourist slogan for the "two Gâtinais", it lies between the Seine and the Loire. Under the Franks, Gâtinais was the ''pagus'' Wastinensis (eventually to become Wasteney in the 20th Century), (or Vastinensis) one of five belonging to the Archbishop of Sens. The west part of Puisaye and the archbishop's other fiefs in the northwest of the modern department of Yonne, west of that river, are also often considered part of Gâtinais; as is the area around Étampes in the present department of Essonne. Around the 10th century, the main town of this province was Château-Landon, and a twenty-five mile circle aro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
