Joux-la-Ville
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Yonne | |
| Arrondissement | Avallon | |
| Canton | Joux-la-Ville (main town) | |
| Community association | Serein | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 37 ′ N , 3 ° 52 ′ E | |
| height | 183-339 m | |
| surface | 43.81 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,181 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 27 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 89440 | |
| INSEE code | 89208 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) and church of Joux-la-Ville |
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Joux-la-Ville is a French commune with 1,181 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Yonne department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Avallon and is the capital of the canton of Joux-la-Ville (until 2015: canton of L'Isle-sur-Serein ).
geography
Joux-la-Ville is about 28 kilometers south-east of Auxerre . Joux-la-Ville is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sacy in the north and north-west, Nitry in the north, Grimault in the north-east, Massangis in the east, Coutarnoux in the east and south-east, Sainte-Colombe in the south-east, Thory in the south and south-east, Lucy-le- Bois in the south, Précy-le-Sec in the south-west, Arcy-sur-Cure in the west and Lucy-sur-Cure in the north-west.
The A6 car route runs along the eastern edge of the municipality .
Population development
| Year a | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 565 | 578 | 537 | 495 | 505 | 470 | 438 | 473 | 1,068 | 1,160 | 1,237 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité church, Monument historique
- Saint-Georges chapel in Val-de-Mâlon
- Fontemoy Chapel from the 17th century
- Old rectory
- Talant Castle
