Brienon-sur-Armançon
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Yonne | |
| Arrondissement | Auxerre | |
| Canton | Brienon-sur-Armançon (main town) | |
| Community association | Serein et Armance | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 0 ′ N , 3 ° 37 ′ E | |
| height | 84-157 m | |
| surface | 25.87 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,176 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 123 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 89210 | |
| INSEE code | 89055 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-brienon.fr | |
Brienon-sur-Armançon is a French commune in the Yonne department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It is located on the Armançon River, about halfway between Paris and Dijon .
Brienon-sur-Armançon has 3176 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) and is the capital of the canton of Brienon-sur-Armançon . The 16th century Collégiale Saint-Loup is well worth a visit .
Well-known personalities are Paul Bézine (1861–1928), a combative royalist , and Jean-Baptiste Jollois (1776–1842), engineer and participant in the Napoleonic Egyptian expedition .
The place maintains a twinning with the German city of Konz ( Rhineland-Palatinate ), which was sealed in Konz in 1965 and in Brienon in 1966.
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