Quarré-les-Tombes
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Yonne | |
| Arrondissement | Avallon | |
| Canton | Avallon | |
| Community association | Avallon, Vezelay, Morvan | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 22 ′ N , 4 ° 22 ′ E | |
| height | 298-606 m | |
| surface | 46.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 645 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 14 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 89630 | |
| INSEE code | 89318 | |
| Website | http://quarrelestombes.fr/ | |
Quarré-les-Tombes is a French commune with 645 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the arrondissement of Avallon in the Yonne department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region . The municipality belongs to the canton of Avallon (until 2015: canton of Quarré-les-Tombes ). The inhabitants are called Quarréens .
geography
Quarré-les-Tombes is the southernmost commune of the Yonne department. It is located about 57 kilometers south-southeast of Auxerre in the Morvan Regional Nature Park ( French Parc naturel régional du Morvan ). Quarré-les-Tombes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Brancher in the north, Beauvilliers in the northeast, Saint-Léger-Vauban in the east, Saint-Agnan in the southeast, Dun-les-Places in the south, and Marigny-l'Église in the west as well Saint-Germain-des-Champs to the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,160 | 984 | 863 | 772 | 735 | 723 | 716 | 705 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Georges church from the 14th century
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Personalities
- Jacques-François Baudiau (1809–1880), geographer and Catholic priest
