Joigny

Joigny
Coat of arms
Joigny
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region  Joigny
Coordinates: 47°58′59″N 3°23′52″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Yonne
Arrondissement	Auxerre
Canton	Joigny
Intercommunality	Jovinien
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Philippe Auberger
Area1	46.67 km2 (18.02 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	11,054
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	89206 / 89300
Elevation	74–252 m (243–827 ft) (avg. 96 m or 315 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.

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

It is located on the banks of the Yonne River.

Some notable people

• Marcel Aymé
• Edme Joachim Bourdois de La Motte (first physician to Napoleon's son).
• Anne Plantagenet

It was also the home of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, who founded the Roman Catholic Society of the Sacred Heart in 1800.

Churches

• Saint John Church (11th-16th century)
• Saint Andrew Church (11th-16th century)
• Saint Theobald Church (16th century)

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  Saint Andrew Church, Pietà

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  Saint John Church, Deposition of Christ (16th century)

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  Saint John Church

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  Inside of Saint Theobald Church

Twin towns

• Mayen, Germany, since 1964
• Godalming, United Kingdom, since 1985
• Hanover, United States, since 1993
• Joigny-sur-Meuse, France, since 2004
• Amelia, Italy, since 2005

See also

• Communes of the Yonne department
• Joigny coach crash

References

• INSEE