Yonne department

Yonne
region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
prefecture	Auxerre
Sub-prefecture (s)	Avallon Sens
Residents	338,291 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	46 inhabitants per km²
surface	7,433.24 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	16
Cantons	21st
Communities	423
President of the Department Council	André Villiers
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-89
Location of the department of Yonne in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté

The Yonne [ jɔn ] is the French department with the atomic number 89. It is in the northeast of the country in the Region Bourgogne Franche-Comté and after the river Yonne named.

geography

The Yonne department is bordered by the Aube department to the northeast, the Côte-d'Or department to the east, the Nièvre department to the south, the Loiret department to the west and the Seine-et-Marne department to the north-west .

The department lies on the old route from the Seine - across the Rhône basin to the Mediterranean . The land is mostly flat, in the southern part it includes the foothills of the Morvangebirge , in the northern part wooded hills. The Yonne flows through the department in a northerly direction .

history

The department was created in the French Revolution on March 4, 1790 in application of the law of December 22, 1789. It includes the northwestern part of Burgundy ( Avallonais and Auxerrois ), the southwestern part of Champagne ( Sénonais ) and a piece of the southeastern part of Orléanais ( Puisaye and Gâtinais )

From 1960 to 2015, the department was part of the Burgundy region , which in 2016 became part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.

Cities

The most populous municipalities in the Yonne department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Auxerre	34,634	Auxerre
Sens	25,935	Sens
Joigny	9,580	Auxerre
Migennes	7,240	Auxerre
Avallon	6,572	Avallon
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne	5,219	Sens
Charny Orée de Puisaye	4,877	Auxerre
Paron	4,853	Sens
Tonnerre	4,575	Avallon
Saint-Florentin	4,362	Auxerre

Administrative division

The Yonne department is divided into 3 arrondissements , 21 cantons and 423 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Yonne department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Auxerre	11	170	164.992	3,467.98	48	891
Avallon	4th	135	42,467	2,078.78	20th	892
Sens	10	118	130.832	1,886.48	69	893
Yonne department	21st	423	338.291	7,433.24	46	89

See also:

• List of communes in the Yonne department
• List of cantons in the Yonne department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Yonne department

literature

• Yonne. 89 . In: La Grande Encyclopédie . 20 volumes, Larousse, Paris 1971–1976, pp. 14721–14722 (French).

Web links

Commons : Yonne department  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Yonne department  - travel guide

• Yonne department (French)
• Prefecture of the Yonne department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cg89.fr accessed on May 2, 2015.

Coordinates: 47 ° 49 '  N , 3 ° 35'  E