Avallon
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Avallon is a small town located in the Yonne department of Burgundy, a region in France. It serves as a local administrative center for its commune, which is a basic unit of local government in the French system.
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Place details
- Locality
- Avallon
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Population
- 8,740
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15 sectionsContents
- Name
- Geography
- History
- King Arthur and the French Avallon theory
- Population
- Sights
- Economy
- Miscellaneous
- Twin towns
- Climate
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Avallon () is a commune in the Burgundian department of Yonne, in France.
==Name== Avallon, Latin Aballō, ablative Aballone, is ultimately derived from Gaulish *Aballū, oblique *Aballon- meaning "Apple-tree (place)" or "(place of the) "Apple Tree Goddess" (from Proto-Celtic *abalnā, cf. Old Irish aball, Welsh afall, Old Breton aball(en), "apple tree").