Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines
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region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
Department | Yonne | |
Arrondissement | Auxerre | |
Canton | Vincelles | |
Community association | Puisaye-Forterre | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 33 ' N , 3 ° 25' E | |
height | 162-347 m | |
surface | 39.48 km 2 | |
Residents | 279 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 7 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 89560 | |
INSEE code | 89148 | |
View of the town from the castle |
Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines is a French municipality with 279 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Yonne in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté (2015: Burgundy ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Auxerre and the municipality association Puisaye-Forterre founded in 2016 . The residents call themselves Drogiens .
In 1793 the community was called Druyes , 1801 Druvé . The current name Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines has only been in effect since 1925.
geography
Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines is located in the south of the Puisaye landscape , about 18 kilometers northwest of Clamecy and 33 kilometers southwest of Auxerre at the source of the Yonne tributary Druyes . Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines is surrounded by the neighboring communities Taingy and Molesmes in the north, Courson-les-Carrières in the northeast, Andryes in the east, Billy-sur-Oisy in the south, Étais-la-Sauvin in the southwest and Sougères-en- Puisaye in the west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2016 | |
Residents | 422 | 376 | 334 | 309 | 302 | 288 | 301 | 283 | |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Castle ruins and fortified old town from the 12th century, built by the Counts of Nevers , Monument historique
- preserved city gate, monument historique
- several spring wells and a lavoir , Monument historique
- Remains of the Saint-Romain caves
- Romanesque church of Saint-Romain, monument historique since 1888
- 181 m long viaduct of the former railway line from Triguères to Clamecy
Economy and Infrastructure
In the municipality of Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines there are 16 farms (cereal and vegetable growing, sheep and goat farming).
Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines is on the trunk road from Courson-les-Carrières to Entrains-sur-Nohain ( D 104 ).
Personalities
- Mathilde von Courtenay (1188–1257), Countess of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre, also mistress of Druyes Castle
- Jean-Roch Coignet , soldier and author during the Napoleonic campaigns, born in Druyes in 1776
- Jean Bertin , French engineer and aeronautical engineer, born in Druyes in 1917
supporting documents
- ↑ toponym on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines on insee.fr
- ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved April 4, 2016 (French).
- ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved April 4, 2016 (French).
- ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved April 4, 2016 (French).
- ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved April 4, 2016 (French).
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)