Joux-la-Ville

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Joux-la-Ville
Coat of arms of Joux-la-Ville
Joux-la-Ville (France)
Joux-la-Ville
region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Yonne
Arrondissement Avallon
Canton Joux-la-Ville (main town)
Community association Serein
Coordinates 47 ° 37 ′  N , 3 ° 52 ′  E 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

Town hall (Mairie) and church of Joux-la-Ville

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
Residents 565 578 537 495 505 470 438 473 1,068 1,160 1,237
Source: Cassini and INSEE

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
Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité church

Web links

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