Courson-les-Carrières () is a
commune in the
Yonne
Yonne (, in Burgundian: ''Ghienne'') 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 con ...
department 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
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. The commune lies south of
Auxerre
Auxerre ( , , Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Auchoirre'') is the capital (Prefectures in France, prefecture) of the Yonne Departments of France, department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Par ...
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 French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Name
The name Forterre is a contraction of ''forte terre'', "strong earth".
Geography
The Forterre is neighbored by the Puisa ...
.
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, north west of Courson. A well in Courson gives access to the deepest cave of the Yonne – the Gouffre de Villepot – at 48m depth.
The Town Hall occupies a nineteenth century manor house in the central square.
Distinguished former residents of Courson include the royal tailor Auguste François Dussautoy (1810–1873) and the photographer René Prouho (1879–1970). Courson added the Carrieres suffix in 1878. It had 1400 inhabitants in 1880.
See also
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Communes of the Yonne department
The following is a list of the 423 communes of the Yonne department of France
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References
Communes of Yonne
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