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Yonne
Yonne | |
|---|---|
 Prefecture building of the Yonne department, in Auxerre. | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Yonne in France | |
| Coordinates: 47°48′N 3°34′E / 47.800°N 3.567°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Département | 4 March 1790 |
| Prefecture | Auxerre |
| Subprefectures | Avallon, Sens |
| Government | |
| • President | André Villiers[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,427.4 km2 (2,867.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2014)[3] | |
| • Total | 341,814 |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Icaunais |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-89 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 21 |
| Communes | 428 |
| Website | www.cg89.fr |
Yonne is a department in the centre of France, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. The largest city in the department, and its prefecture (capital), is Auxerre.
The department is named after the Yonne river, a tributary of the Seine, that flows through the department. The Celts name of the river was Ica-onna (Latin: Icauna) and from this name come the name of the river and of the people living in the department: Icaunais.[4]
- ↑ "Les 42 élus" (in French). Conseil Départemental de l'Yonne. Retrieved 15 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Département de l'Yonne (89)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2014: Recensement de la population - Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "L'histoire de l'Yonne". Conseil Général de l'Yonne (in French). Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
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