See also: Yonne (homonymy)

The department of Yonne (89) is a department French. It is crossed, from the south towards north, by the Rivière which gave him its name, the Yonne, affluent of the the Seine, which joined it with Montereau-Fault-Yonne (Seine-et-Marne). The inhabitants of Yonne are called Icaunais and Icaunaises .

Name and Etymology

Guardian ICAUNA goddess of the YONNE " guérisseuse". Root Ic- suffix - onna ref.: Breton Yac' H " sain". An etymological relationship with the Greek Iama " médicament" is possible.

History

The department was created with the French revolution, the March 4th 1790 pursuant to the law of the December 22nd 1789, starting from part of the province of Burgundy; of part of the province of Champagne and Orléanais.

Leitartikel: History of Yonne

Heraldic

Blazon of Yonne

Geography

Yonne belongs to the area Burgundy. It is bordering on the departments of the Aube, of the Coast-with Or, the Nievre, the Loiret and Seine-et-Marne. The department of Yonne covers in particular the " pays" of Puisaye (argillaceous basement, scrap-metal) and of Forterre (calcareous basement, open fields).

List communes: Common of Yonne

Leitartikel: Geography of Yonne

Climate

Leitartikel: Climate of Yonne

Economy

Leitartikel: Economy of Yonne

Transport

Leitartikel: Transport in Yonne

Demography

The inhabitants of Yonne are the Icaunais .

Leitartikel: Demography of Yonne

Culture

Leitartikel: Culture in Yonne

Tourism

Leitartikel: Tourism in Yonne

Policy

Leitartikel: Political of Yonne

• List of the deputies of Yonne

• List of the senators of Yonne
• List of the general advisers of Yonne

Administration

Leitartikel: Administration of Yonne

• List of the prefects of Yonne

• Common of Yonne
• Old communes of Yonne

Others

Personalities related to the department

Colette, born with Saint-Saver-in-Puisaye French novelist, elected member of the Academy Goncourt in 1945.

Pierre Larousse, born on October 23rd, 1817 with Toucy in Yonne, encyclopedist and editor French.

Marie Christmas, poetess, born and deceased in Auxerre (1883-1967)

The doctor Marcel Petiot was mayor of Villeneuve-sur-Yonne

Rene Lepage of Co.-Claire, born with Ouanne and lord-founder of the City of Rimouski to the Quebec.

Anecdotes

Yonne was the place of turning of many films and series among which a woman of honor .

Audio-visual

Transmitting Gisy-the-Noble

External bonds

• Prefecture
• General advice
• old Postcards
• Yonne Which I Like: blog on tourism, the culture and the leisures in Auxerre and in Yonne
• Netbourgogne
• wild Flowers of Yonne

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