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Coordinates: 47°47′55″N 3°34′02″E / 47.7986°N 3.5672°E
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Commune of Auxerre |
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 Yonne river |
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 Auxerre
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| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne |
| Department | Yonne |
| Arrondissement | Auxerre |
| Intercommunality | Auxerrois |
| Mayor | Guy Ferez (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 93–217 m (305–712 ft) (avg. 102 m/335 ft) |
| Land area1 | 49.95 km2 (19.29 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 44,620 (2006) |
| - Density | 893 /km2 (2,310 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 89024/ 89000 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Auxerre (French pronunciation: [oʔsɛʁ]) is a commune in the Bourgogne region in north-central France, between Paris and Dijon. It is the capital of the Yonne department.
Auxerre's population today is about 45,000 [1]. People there are called Auxerrois. Auxerre's urban area accounts for more than 88,000 people.
It is a commercial and industrial centre, with industries including food production, woodworking and batteries. Auxerre is also world-famous for the wine produced in the neighbourhood, including the renowned Chablis.
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Auxerre was a flourishing Gallo-British centre, Antissiodorum through which passed one of the main roads of the area, the Via Agrippa (1st century AD) which crossed the Yonne River (Gallo-Roman Icauna) here. In the third century it became the seat of a bishop[2] and a provincial capital of the Roman Empire. In the 5th century it received a Cathedral. In the late 11th-early 12th century the existing communities were included inside a new line of walls built by the feudal Counts of Auxerre.
Bourgeois activities accompanied the traditional land and wine cultivations starting from the twelfth century, and Auxerre developed into a commune with a Town Hall of its own. The Burgundian city, which became part of France under King Louis XI, suffered during the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of Religion. In 1567 it was captured by the Huguenots, and many of the Catholic edifices were damaged. The medieval ramparts were demolished in the 18th century.
In the 19th century numerous heavy infrastructures were built, including a railway station, a psychiatric hospital and the courts, and new quarters were developed on the right bank of the Yonne.
In 1995 it was named "Town of Art and History".
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"Auxerre". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
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Auxerre [1] is an historical city in the French region of Burgundy (Bourgogne), located at the heart of one of the country's largest wine-producing areas.
Auxerre is located half way between Paris (170 km) and Dijon (150 Km) on the A6 motorway, at the junction of the proposed A26 Troyes-Bourges motorway. The city is ideally situated to discover northern Burgundy.
Auxerre is 15 km from Chablis, world famous for its white wines, 20 km from Pontigny Abbey, 45 km from St Fargeau Castle, 60 km from Vezelay Basilica and 78 km from Troyes.
Auxerre is small in area, so walking is highly recommended for most purposes, and is a pleasant thing to do in the old city.
Walk across the pedestrian bridge that spans the river, it gives a nice postcard view of the city.
If you're looking to cook your own food or buy food for a picnic, Leclerc is the giant supermarket that has most of what you need. It is located on the Northeast side of the river (cross the Rue du Pont and continue for 30 seconds). As you are in France, buying a baguette, wine or cheese in a large commercial store is kind of hypocritical; try buying those kinds of products in a local boulangerie, cave à vin or fromagerie - the charm of these such stores is the reason you came to France and something you can't get at chain store, n'est-ce pas?
Drink a beer or a café at the 'Annex' during (European) football matches. The regular crowd congregates to cheer on the local team, AJ Auxerre, whenever away matches are played, or a foreign team who plays a French player (for example, Thierry Henry playing for England's Arsenal). An alternative to the 'Annex' is 'La Bodega', a pub that uses old wine barrels as tables and that has a huge projection screen.
There is a row of hotels -- including some budget hotels -- on a ring road on the outskirts of the city which is part of National Route 151. Part of the road is called Boulevard Vauban. The location is not bad, because the city is small enough that a walk from that ring road to the old city and its sights is only a few hundred meters.
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AUXERRE, a town of central France, capital of the department of Yonne, 38 m. S.S.E. of Sens on the Paris-Lyon railway, between Laroche and Nevers. Pop. (1906) 16,971. It is situated on the slopes and the summit of an eminence on the left bank of the Yonne, which is crossed by two bridges leading to suburbs on the right bank. The town is irregularly built and its streets are steep and narrow, but it is surrounded by wide tree-lined boulevards, which have replaced the ancient fortifications, and has some fine churches. That of St Etienne, formerly the cathedral, is a majestic Gothic building of the 13th to the 16th centuries. It is entered by three richly sculptured portals, over the middle and largest of which is a rose window; over the north portal rises a massive tower, but that which should surmount the south portal is unfinished. The lateral entrances are sheltered by tympana and arches profusely decorated with statuettes. The plan consists of a nave, with aisles and lateral chapels, transept and choir, with a deambulatory at a slightly lower level. Beneath the choir, which is a fine example of early Gothic architecture, extends a crypt of the 11th century with mural paintings of the 12th century. The church has some fine stained glass and many pictures and other works of art. The ancient episcopal palace, now used as prefecture, stands behind the cathedral; it preserves a Romanesque gallery of the 12th century. The church of St Eusebe belongs to the 12th, 13th and 16th centuries. Of the abbey church of St Germain, built in the 13th and 14th centuries, most of the nave has disappeared, so that its imposing Romanesque tower stands apart from it; crypts of the 9th century contain the tombs of bishops of Auxerre. The abbey was once fortified and a high wall and cylindrical tower remain. The buildings (18th century) are partly occupied by a hospital and a training-college. The church of St Pierre, in the Renaissance style of the 16th and 17th centuries, is conspicuous for the elaborate ornamentation of its west façade. The old law-court contains the museum, with a collection of antiquities and paintings, and a library. In the middle of the town is a gateway surmounted by a belfry, dating from the 15th century. Auxerre has statues of Marshal Davout, J. B. J. Fourier and Paul Bert, the two latter natives of the town. The town is the seat of a court of assizes, and has tribunals of first instance and of commerce, and a branch of the Bank of France. A lycee for girls, a communal college and training colleges are among its educational establishments. Manufactures of ochre, of which there are quarries in the vicinity, and of iron goods are carried on. The canal of Nivernais reaches as far as Auxerre, which has a busy port and carries on boat-building. Trade is principally in the choice wine of the surrounding vineyards, and in timber and coal.
Auxerre (Autessiodurum) became the seat of a bishop and a civitas in the 3rd century. Under the Merovingian kings the abbey of St Germain, named after the 6th bishop, was founded, and in the 9th century its schools had made the town a seat of learning. The bishopric was suppressed in 1790.
The countship of Auxerre was granted by King Robert I. to his son-in-law Renaud, count of Nevers. It remained in the house of Nevers until 1184, when it passed by marriage to that of Courtenay. Other alliances transferred it successively to the families of Donzy, Chatillon, Bourbon and Burgundy. Alice of Burgundy, countess of Auxerre, married John of Chalons (d. 1309), and several counts of Auxerre belonging to the house of Chalons distinguished themselves in the wars against the English during the 14th century. John II., count of Auxerre, was killed at the battle of Crecy (1346), and his grandson, John IV., sold his countship to King Charles V. in 1370.
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