Ouanne () is a
commune
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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 lo ...
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in
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 France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
,
[Commune d'Ouanne (89283)]
INSEE 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 ...
.
History
Existed at the time Gallo-Roman under the name of Odouna or Oduna. A Roman way carried out in Auxerre. The ancient station of Ouanne is known according to a marble fragment from the 3rd century preserved at the museum of
Autun
Autun () is a subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central-eastern France. It was founded during the Principate era of the early Roman Empire by Emperor Augustus as Augustodunum to give a Ro ...
. The marble indicates the distances on the Roman way 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 ...
to
Entrains-sur-Nohain. This way saw passing the armies of
Pippin the Younger
the Short (french: Pépin le Bref; – 24 September 768), also called the Younger (german: Pippin der Jüngere), was King of the Franks from 751 until his death in 768. He was the first Carolingian to become king.
The younger was the son of ...
.
In 1790, Ouanne becomes chief town of canton but the number of cantons falls and the village is attached to
Courson-les-Carrières
Courson-les-Carrières () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. The commune lies south of Auxerre on the main N151 road from Auxerre to Clamecy. It is the largest single settlement in the nat ...
. In December 1972, Ouanne was merged with
Merry-Sec and
Chastenay. In January 1980, Merry-Sec became a separate commune again.
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Geography
The river Ouanne
Ouanne () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France,[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 ma ...]
, has its source in the commune.
Demography
Inhabitants are known as ''Ouannais''.
Places and monuments
* Notre-Dame Church, blazing style, (15th-16th centuries), entirely arched.
* Source de l'Ouanne, close to the laundrette builds in 1867.
* Castle of the Mines, (16th century).
Personalities
* René Lepage de Ste-Claire
René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus.
René is the masculine form of the name ( Renée being the feminin ...
See also
*Communes of the Yonne department
The following is a list of the 423 communes of 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 Bourgo ...
References
Communes of Yonne
Orléanais
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