Migennes
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Yonne | |
| Arrondissement | Auxerre | |
| Canton | Migennes (main town) | |
| Community association | Agglomération Migennoise | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 58 ' N , 3 ° 31' E | |
| height | 80-152 m | |
| surface | 16.58 km 2 | |
| Residents | 7,240 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 437 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 89400 | |
| INSEE code | 89257 | |
| Website | www.ville-migennes.fr | |
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Migennes is a French commune with 7240 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (Bourgogne) region in the Yonne department .
geography
The city lies on the Armançon River , which flows into the Yonne here . Migennes is about 23 kilometers from the capital of the department, Auxerre .
history
Migennes comes from Gallo-Roman times and was called Mitigana in the Roman Empire. In the 19th century, excavations unearthed mosaics and other cultural objects. The town owes its rise from a small community on the one hand to the construction of the Canal de Bourgogne , which is here connected to the Yonne , and on the other hand to the creation of the Laroche railway junction. This is located exactly between Paris and Dijon on the Paris – Marseille and Migennes – Cosne railway lines and therefore enabled a strategically advantageous provision of steam locomotives during the First World War . Today the Laroche-Migennes station has lost its importance because the long-distance trains have been given a different route with the construction of the LGV Sud-Est from Paris to the east.
Attractions
- Church of Sankt-Pankratius in Alt-Migennes with a vaulted choir from the XIII. Century.
- western starting point for the Canal de Bourgogne
Town twinning
- Simmern / Hunsrück , Germany
