Champs-sur-Yonne

Champs-sur-Yonne
Champs-sur-Yonne
Location within Burgundy region  Champs-sur-Yonne
Administration
Country	France
Region	Burgundy
Department	Yonne
Arrondissement	Auxerre
Canton	Auxerre-Est
Intercommunality	Auxerrois
Statistics
Elevation	97–133 m (318–436 ft) (avg. 109 m/358 ft)
Land area1	4.39 km2 (1.69 sq mi)
Population2	1,712  (2006)
- Density	390 /km2 (1,000 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	89077/ 89290
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 47°44′17″N 3°36′06″E / 47.73806°N 3.60167°E / 47.73806; 3.60167

Champ-sur-Yonne is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France.

Its inhabitants are called "Champicaunais". Champs-sur-Yonne is part of the metropolitan area of Auxerre

Geography

Champs is in the Valley of the Yonne River, on the east bank of the river. The soil is alluvial, made both from local limestones and erosion products from the source of the Yonne in the Morvan. There is little agriculture in the mostly built up village, but yypical crops include wheat, hemp, and sunflowers.

History

There have been local settlements in the area since at least Roman times, but the growth of Champs as a distinct commune dates from the building of the three water mills on the Yonne in the eighteenth century.

Population

• 1962= 721
• 1968= 820
• 1975= 1163
• 1982= 1489
• 1990= 1525
• 1999= 1382
• 2006= 1712

See also

• Communes of the Yonne department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Champs-sur-Yonne sur le site du Quid
• Localisation de Champs-sur-Yonne sur une carte de France et communes limitrophes