Ouanne () is a commune in the

Yonne Yonne () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the river Yonne, which flows through it, in the country's north-central part. One of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's eight constituent departments, it is l ...

department in

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...

in north-central

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

,Commune d'Ouanne (89283)
INSEE in the natural region of

Forterre The Forterre is a small natural region on the western edge of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. Name The name Forterre is a contraction of ''forte terre'', "strong earth". Geography The Forterre is neighbored by the Puisaye ...

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 from the 3rd century preserved at the museum of

Autun Autun () is a subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central-eastern France. It was founded during the Principate era of the early Roman Empire by Emperor Augustus as Augustodunum to give a Ro ...

. The marble indicates the distances on the Roman way of

Auxerre Auxerre ( , ) is the capital of the Yonne department and the fourth-largest city in Burgundy. Auxerre's population today is about 35,000; the urban area (''aire d'attraction'') comprises roughly 113,000 inhabitants. Residents of Auxerre are r ...

Entrains-sur-Nohain Entrains-sur-Nohain () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. Demographics On 1 January 2019, the estimated population was 748. Sister cities Entrains fosters partnerships with the following places: * Saranac Lake, New York, ...

. This way saw passing the armies of

Pippin the Younger the Short (french: Pépin le Bref; – 24 September 768), also called the Younger (german: Pippin der Jüngere), was King of the Franks from 751 until his death in 768. He was the first Carolingian to become king. The younger was the son of t ...

. In 1790, Ouanne becomes chief town of canton but the number of cantons falls and the village is attached to

Courson-les-Carrières Courson-les-Carrières () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. The commune lies south of Auxerre on the main N151 road from Auxerre to Clamecy. It is the largest single settlement in the na ...

. In December 1972, Ouanne was merged with

Merry-Sec Merry-Sec () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, in the natural region of Forterre. See also *Communes of the Yonne department The following is a list of the 423 communes of the Yonne dep ...

and Chastenay. In January 1980, Merry-Sec became a separate commune again.

Geography

The river Ouanne, a long right tributary of the

Loing The Loing () is a long river in central France, a left tributary of the Seine. Its source is in Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, in the southwestern of the department of Yonne, and it flows into the Seine in Saint-Mammès, near Moret-sur-Loing. It ...

, has its source in the commune.

Demography

Inhabitants are known as ''Ouannais''.

Places and monuments

* Notre-Dame Church, blazing style, (15th-16th centuries), entirely arched. * Source de l'Ouanne, close to the laundrette builds in 1867. * Castle of the Mines, (16th century).

Personalities

* René Lepage de Ste-Claire