commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
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 l ...
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...
in north-central
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
. The commune lies south of
Auxerre
Auxerre ( , ) is the capital of the Yonne department and the fourth-largest city in Burgundy. Auxerre's population today is about 35,000; the urban area (''aire d'attraction'') comprises roughly 113,000 inhabitants. Residents of Auxerre are r ...
on the main N151 road from Auxerre to Clamecy. It is the largest single settlement in the natural region of
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 ...
.
The commune covers 20,364 hectares of which 4937 is woodland and extends to Frétoy Forest. It is on the Portland limestone plateau, and the distinctive local stone is seen in the buildings of the region. The source of the river Yonne lies NE of
Taingy
Taingy () is a former commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Les Hauts de Forterre.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):Communes of Yonne
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