Poilly-sur-Tholon
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Yonne | |
| Arrondissement | Auxerre | |
| Canton | Charny | |
| Community association | Aillantais | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 52 ' N , 3 ° 24' E | |
| height | 112-210 m | |
| surface | 19.56 km 2 | |
| Residents | 688 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 35 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 89110 | |
| INSEE code | 89304 | |
 Poilly-sur-Tholon town hall |
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Poilly-sur-Tholon is a French municipality with 688 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Yonne in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Auxerre . The municipality belongs to the canton of Charny (until 2015: canton of Aillant-sur-Tholon ).
geography
Poilly-sur-Tholon is about 15 kilometers northwest of Auxerre . However, the municipal area is not - as the name suggests - affected by the Tholon river , but by the parallel ravillon . Poilly-sur-Tholon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Valravillon (previously: Laduz ) in the north, Fleury-la-Vallée in the east and north-east, Charbuy in the south-east, Lindry in the south and south-east, Égleny in the south and south-west, Saint-Maurice-le -Vieil and Saint-Maurice-Thizouaille in the southwest, Chassy in the west and Montholon (previously: Aillant-sur-Tholon ) in the west and northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 542 | 526 | 491 | 565 | 581 | 594 | 683 | 714 |
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Attractions
- church
Personalities
- Edme Pourchot (also: Purchotius , 1651–1734), philosopher and rector of the Université Paris
