Ouanne

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Coordinates: 47°39′45″N 3°25′09″E / 47.66250, 3.41917

Administration
Commune of Ouanne
Location

Country	France
Region	Bourgogne
Department	Yonne
Arrondissement	Auxerre
Canton	Courson-les-Carrières
Mayor	Remy Virtel (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	226–371 m
Land area^¹	38.20 km²
Population^² (1999)	661
- Density	17/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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

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.

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

[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.