Bléneau

Bléneau
Commune
Bléneau

Coordinates: 47°42′08″N 2°56′59″E / 47.7022°N 2.9497°E / 47.7022; 2.9497Coordinates: 47°42′08″N 2°56′59″E / 47.7022°N 2.9497°E / 47.7022; 2.9497
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Yonne
Arrondissement Auxerre
Canton Cœur de Puisaye
Area1 39.41 km2 (15.22 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,492
 • Density 38/km2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 89046 /89220
Elevation 145–209 m (476–686 ft)

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.

Bléneau is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.

Geography

Blénau, the administrative centre of its canton, is a commune of 1,492 inhabitants (in 2012) in the Puisaye area. The commune is on the site of an ancient route that crossed the Loing

History

The commune is first mentionned in the 6th century in an official text called Statuts de Saint-Aunaire évèque d’Auxerre de 572 à 603 which listed the 38 parishes of Puisaye. The commune was listed under the name  Blanoilus and is considered an important community of the area. The origin of the name Bléneau is unclear, and there are hypothesis of a gaulish or celtic origin.[1]

The city was on an ancient road called Voie des marchands,which means "merchand road" which connected Auxerre to Briare by crossing the Loing. Archeological researches in the area showed that there were notable Gallo-Roman settlements in the area, and sarcophagus and traces of iron mining were found near the commune.[1]

The first feudal lord of the area are unknown, and the first known house governing Bléneau was the Saint-Verrain House that acquired it in 1286, and the fief got into the hands of the Courtenay House in 1328. The castellany stayed under their control until 1773, when they sold it to pay their debt.[2]

The name of the commune if linked to the "battle of Bléneau" of 1652.[3]

Sightseeing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Histoire de Bléneau". Mairie de la commune de Bléneau. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  2. ↑ Société des sciences historiques et naturelles de l'Yonne. Auteur du texte (1922). "Histoire de Bléneau". Bulletin de la société des sciences historiques et naturelles de la région de l'Yonne. 76 – via Gallica.
  3. ↑ Alinh. "Bléneau". La Galissone. Retrieved 2017-08-08.

Official website of the commune (in French)

Official website of Coeur de Puisaye, the area where the commune is situated

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