Ouanne

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Ouanne is a french commune located in the Yonne département and the Bourgogne région. Ouanne is also the name of a long river of approximately 70 km, taking its source in the vicinity, tributary of the right shore of Loing.

Administration
Commune of Ouanne
Location
Longitude	03° 25' 07" East
Latitude	47° 39' 06" North
Country	France
Région	Bourgogne
Département	Yonne (commune)
Arrondissement	[[Arrondissement of Auxerre\|Auxerre]]
Canton	Courson-les-Carrières
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Forterre
Mayor	Ginette Berthier (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	266 m–371 m (avg. 314 m)
Land area¹	3,73 km²
Population² (1999)	670
- Density (1999)	179/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	89283/ 89560
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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

1 Name of the inhabitants
2 History
3 Demography
4 Places and monuments
5 Personalities related to the commune
6 See also

[edit] Name of the inhabitants

Ouannaise, Ouannais.

[edit] History

Existed at the time Gallo-Roman under the name of Odouna or Oduna. A Roman way carried out in Auxerre. The ancient station of Ouanne is known according to a marble fragment of IIIe century preserved at the museum of Autun. The marble indicates the distances on the Roman way of Auxerre to Entrains. This way saw passing the armies of Pippin the Younger.

In 1790, Ouanne becomes chief town of canton but the number of cantons falls and the village is attached to Courson-les-Carrières. In 1972, the two communes of Ouanne and Chastenay join.