Arcy-sur-Cure
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Yonne | |
| Arrondissement | Avallon | |
| Canton | Joux-la-Ville | |
| Community association | Avallon, Vezelay, Morvan | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 36 ' N , 3 ° 46' E | |
| height | 121-301 m | |
| surface | 26.33 km 2 | |
| Residents | 484 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 89270 | |
| INSEE code | 89015 | |
Arcy-sur-Cure is a French municipality with 484 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Region Bourgogne Franche-Comté in the Yonne department . It is assigned to the canton of Joux-la-Ville (until 2015: canton of Vermenton ) and the arrondissement of Avallon .
geography
The community is located 25 kilometers south-southeast of Auxerre on the Cure . Arcy-sur-Cure is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bessy-sur-Cure in the north and north-west, Lucy-sur-Cure in the north and north-west, Joux-la-Ville in the east and north-east, Précy-le-Sec in the east and south-east, Saint-Moré in the south, Blannay in the south and south-west, Montillot and Bois-d'Arcy in the south-west and Mailly-la-Ville in the west.
The former route nationale 6 (today's D606) runs through the municipality .
history
The Arcy-sur-Cure caves document an early presence of Neanderthals. The paintings are assigned to the Franco-Cantabrian cave art . The caves have been inhabited for 200,000 years. The cave paintings are said to have been created 30,000 years ago.
Population development
| year | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 607 | 643 | 561 | 510 | 518 | 509 | 527 | 503 | 449 | 502 | 490 |
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Attractions
- Arcy-sur-Cure caves
- Saint-Martin church, built in the 13th century, rebuilt in the 15th and 19th centuries, monument historique
- Saint-Roch chapel, built around 1545, Monument historique
- Sainte-Reine Chapel, built around 1692
- Chapel la Vierge, built in the second half of the 17th century
- Chastenay Castle, built in 1549, monument historique since 1971
