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Charny is a former commune in the Yonne department of France, located within the arrondissement of Auxerre. It served as the capital of the canton of Charny Orée de Puisaye and shared borders with Dicy, Saint-Martin-sur-Ouanne, Chêne-Arnoult, and Fontenouilles. The area covered 18.99 square kilometers, with an elevation of 201 meters above sea level.
The commune was dissolved on December 31, 2015, and replaced by Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye. Prior to its dissolution, it had a population of 5,039. Postal codes for the area included 89120 and 89350.
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Place details
- Locality
- Charny Orée de Puisaye
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,796
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Department
- Yonne
- Arrondissement
- Auxerre
- Canton
- Charny Orée de Puisaye
- Commune
- Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye
- Area
- 18.99 km (7.33 sq mi)
- Population 2022
- 1,497
- Density
- 78.83/km (204.2/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Elevation
- 130–201 m (427–659 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Charny
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Auxerre
- Population
- 1470
- Area
- 18.99
- Elevation
- 181
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Perreux
- Official website
- www.cc-charny.fr/villages/char/index.php
- Image
- Charny depuis la Plaine des Perreuses.jpg
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- Commons category
- Charny (Yonne)
- postal code
- 89350
- replaced by
- Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-12-31
- associated electoral district
- canton of Charny Orée de Puisaye
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Encyclopedic overview
Charny ( French pronunciation: [ʃaʁni] ) is a former commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charny” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.