Arcy-sur-Cure

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Coordinates: 47°36′14″N 3°45′41″E / 47.60389, 3.76139

Commune of Arcy-sur-Cure

Location
Arcy-sur-Cure (France)
Arcy-sur-Cure
Administration
Country France
Region Bourgogne
Department Yonne
Arrondissement Auxerre
Canton Vermenton
Statistics
Elevation 121–301 m
Land area¹ 26.33 km²
Population²
(1999)
449
 - Density 17/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 89015/ 89270
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.
France


Arcy-sur-Cure is a commune in the Yonne département, in the French region of Bourgogne.

The caves of Arcy-sur-Cure just south of the commune, hold the second-oldest cave paintings known to man, after those of Chauvet Cave[1].

[edit] Demographics

As of the census of 1999, the population was 449.
On January 2007, the estimate was 509.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Grottes d'Arcy-sur-Cure Official website (English)