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 th ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Communes Of The Yonne Department
The following is a list of the 423 Communes of France, communes of the Yonne Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. *Communauté d'agglomération de l'Auxerrois *Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais *Communauté de communes de l'Agglomération Migennoise *Communauté de communes de l'Aillantais *Communauté de communes Avallon - Vézelay - Morvan *Communauté de communes Chablis Villages et Terroirs *Communauté de communes de la Cléry, du Betz et de l'Ouanne (partly) *Communauté de communes du Gâtinais en Bourgogne *Communauté de communes Haut Nivernais-Val d'Yonne (partly) *Communauté de communes d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yonne (river)
The Yonne () is a river in France, a left-bank tributary of the Seine. It is long. The river gives its name to the Yonne ''département''. It rises in the Nièvre ''département'', in the Morvan hills near Château-Chinon. It flows into the river Seine at Montereau-Fault-Yonne. The Yonne flows through the following ''départements'' and towns: * Nièvre: Château-Chinon, Clamecy *Yonne: Auxerre, Migennes, Joigny, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Sens *Seine-et-Marne: Montereau-Fault-Yonne The main tributaries of the Yonne are the Vanne, the Armançon, the Serein and the Cure. History The river was historically used for ''flottage'', or the floating of rafts of timber from the Morvan forest to serve the needs of the capital, Paris. It was bypassed as a rafting waterway by the Canal du Nivernais in 1841, from near its source at Corbigny down to Auxerre. In 1834 the engineer Charles Poirée had successfully tested his design for a needle weir, and this construction technique ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 referred to as ''Auxerrois''. Auxerre is a commercial and industrial centre, with industries including food production, woodworking and batteries. It is also noted for its production of Burgundy wine, including Chablis. In 1995 Auxerre was named "Town of Art and History". Geography Auxerre lies on the river Yonne and the Canal du Nivernais, about 150 km southeast of Paris and 120 km northwest of Dijon. The A6 autoroute (Paris–Lyon) passes northeast of the city. Auxerre-Saint-Gervais station has rail connections to Dijon, Paris, Corbigny and Avallon. History Auxerre was a flourishing Gallo-Roman centre, then called Autissiodorum, through which passed one of the main roads of the area, the Via Agrippa (1st century AD ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cantons Of The Yonne Department
The following is a list of the 21 cantons of the Yonne department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: * Auxerre-1 * Auxerre-2 * Auxerre-3 * Auxerre-4 * Avallon * Brienon-sur-Armançon * Chablis * Charny Orée de Puisaye * Cœur de Puisaye * Gâtinais en Bourgogne * Joigny * Joux-la-Ville * Migennes * Pont-sur-Yonne * Saint-Florentin * Sens-1 * Sens-2 * Thorigny-sur-Oreuse * Tonnerrois * Villeneuve-sur-Yonne Villeneuve-sur-Yonne () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. It is surrounded by a partly intact wall, built during the 12th century, which was one of the 8 residences of the French kings. G ... * Vincelles References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cantons Of The Yonne Department ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arrondissements Of The Yonne Department
The 3 arrondissements of the Yonne department are: # Arrondissement of Auxerre, ( prefecture of the Yonne department: Auxerre) with 170 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 165,987 in 2016. # Arrondissement of Avallon, (subprefecture: Avallon) with 135 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 43,189 in 2016. # Arrondissement of Sens, (subprefecture: Sens) with 118 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 131,368 in 2016. History In 1800 the arrondissements of Auxerre, Avallon, Joigny, Sens and Tonnerre were established. The arrondissements of Joigny and Tonnerre were abolished in 1926. The borders of the arrondissements of Yonne were modified in January 2017: * three communes from the arrondissement of Auxerre to the arrondissement of Avallon * 12 communes from the arrondissement of Auxerre to the arrondissement of Sens * 13 communes from the arrondissement of Avallon to the arrondissement of Auxerre References {{Arrondissements of France ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sens
Sens () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, 120 km from Paris. Sens is a sub-prefecture and the second city of the department, the sixth in the region. It is crossed by the Yonne and the Vanne, which empties into the Yonne here. History The city is said to have been one of the oppida of the Senones, one of the oldest Celtic tribes living in Gaul. It is mentioned as Agedincum by Julius Caesar several times in his ''Commentarii de Bello Gallico''. The Roman city was built during the first century BC and surrounded by walls during the third (notable parts of the walls still remain, with alterations along the centuries). It still retains today the skeleton of its Roman street plan. The site was referred to by Ammianus Marcellinus as ''Senones'' (''oppidum Senonas''), where the future emperor Julian faced an Alamannic siege for a few months, but it did not become an administrative center until after the reorganization o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 came into existence on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections of December 2015, electing 100 members to the Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The region covers an area of and eight departments; it had a population of 2,811,423 in 2017. Its prefecture and largest city is Dijon, although the regional council sits in Besançon, making Bourgogne-Franche-Comté one of two regions in France (along with Normandy) in which the prefect does not sit in the same city as the regional council. Toponymy The text of the territorial reform law gives interim names for most of the merged regions, combining the names of their constituent regions separated by hyphens. Permanent names would be proposed by the new regional councils and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Avallon
Avallon () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in central-eastern France. Name Avallon, Latin ''Aballō'', ablative ''Aballone'', is ultimately derived from Gaulish ''*Aballū'', oblique ''*Aballon-'' meaning "Apple-tree (place)" or "(place of the) "Apple Tree Goddess" (from Proto-Celtic ''*abalnā'', cf. Old Irish ''aball'', Welsh ''afall'', Old Breton ''aball(en)'', "apple tree"). Geography Avallon is located 50 km south-southeast of Auxerre, served by a branch of the Paris–Lyon railway and by exit 22 of the A6 motorway. The old town, with many winding cobblestone streets flanked by traditional stone and woodwork buildings, is situated on a flat promontory, the base of which is washed on the south by the river Cousin, on the east and west by small streams. History Chance finds of coins and pottery fragments and a fine head of Minerva are reminders of the Roman settlement carrying the Celtic name Aballo, a ''mutatio'' or post where fresh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 332 arrondissements, and these are divided into cantons. The last two levels of government have no autonomy; they are the basis of local organisation of police, fire departments and, sometimes, administration of elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council ( ing. lur.. From 1800 to April 2015, these were called general councils ( ing. lur.. Each council has a president. Their main areas of responsibility include the management of a number of social and welfare allowances, of junior high school () buildings and technical ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Presidents Of Departmental Councils (France)
In France, the President of the Departmental Council (French: ''Président du Conseil départemental'') is the locally elected head of the departmental council, the assembly governing a department in France. The position is elected by the departmental councilors from among their number. If there is a tie, the senior councilor is elected. As per Articles L1111-1 to L7331-3 of the General code of local and regional authorities, the responsibilities of the President of the Departmental Council include: * Chairing the departmental authorities * Preparing and implementing the council's decisions * Collection of tax revenues * Representing the ''département'' in legal cases History In 1833, a law was enacted that gave each canton (subdivision of a department) representation of a councillor (''Conseiller général''). As a result of the decentralisation of government ( Deferre law), the election criteria were redefined in 1982 and the President of the Departmental Council took ove ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Île-de-France
The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France. Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the ''Région parisienne'' (; en, Paris Region). Île-de-France is densely populated and retains a prime economic position on the national stage: though it covers only , about 2% of metropolitan French territory, its 2017 population was nearly one-fifth of the national total. The region is made up of eight administrative departments: Paris, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Seine-et-Marne, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise and Yvelines. It was created as the "District of the Paris Region" in 1961. In 1976, when its status was aligned with the French administrative regions created in 1972, it was renamed after the historic province of Île-de-France. Residents are sometimes referred to as ''Franciliens'', an administrative word created in the 1980s. The GDP of the reg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of French Departments By Population
This table lists the 101 departments of France, French departments in descending order of population, area and population density. Data description The figures include: * population without double counting for 1999; * ''municipal population'' (legal population in 2008, with effect from 1 January 2011)Populations légales 2008: Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, INSEE published i decree No. 2010-1723 of 30 December 2010 as amended by Decree No. 2011-343 of 28 March 2011 which corresponds to dat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |