Migennes

Migennes is a Commune Frenchwoman located in the department of the Yonne and the area Burgundy.

Its inhabitants is called the Migennois .

Geography

Located at a score of kilometers of Auxerre in the middle of the Yonne, Migennes is with the Confluent of the Armançon and the Yonne.

Moreover, Migennes is the starting point of the Canal of Burgundy which finishes its race with Saint-Jean-with-Losne.

History

This city owes its fame at its station called Laroche-Migennes in 1918 and also to be made fun by a chansonnier of talent, Jean Raymond " Laroche Mimi Laroche Migennes etc… " at the time of the vapor.

True Railway crossroads during the Second world war, ideally located at equal distance of Dijon and Paris to allow the exchange of the Locomotive S vapor, this city decays today slowly while becoming an origin city or terminus of the trains FOR THE THIRD TIME for Auxerre, Dijon or Paris Gare de Lyon. The trains of broad outlines gave up it since the construction of the Ligne at high speed which passes to ten kilometers from there in the Forêt of Othe. It are far time when the Train S international such as 217,218,219, etc quickly connected the station of Laroche-Migennes to all the big cities of the South, the the Alps or Italy without requiring change of train.

The other element constituting its notoriety, is undoubtedly its history Gallo-Roman E. mosaic S and other objects proving the presence of this civilization were discovered during last century. Migennes named besides Mitigana under the Roman Empire.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

  • the church parochial offer a mural representation of the Known as of three dead and the three sharp ones: three young gentlemen are challenged in a cemetery by three died, which point out to them the brevity of the life and the importance of the hello of their heart.

Personalities related to the commune

Twinning

See too

External bonds

  • Official site of the town of Migennes

  • Migennes on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Migennes on the site of INSEE
  • Migennes on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Migennes on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Migennes on Mapquest

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