Quarré-les-Tombes () is a
commune
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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
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.
Population
Geography
The commune is located in the
Morvan
The Morvan (historically Morvand from the Latin ''Murvinnum'' 590)Pierre-Henri Billy, ''Dictionnaire des noms de lieux de la France'', éditions Errance, 640 pages, 2011 , is a mountainous massif lying just to the west of the Côte d'Or escar ...
between the valleys of the Cure and Trinquelin. It is located on a granite hilltop of 450 meters altitude, which exposes the village to the northern winds and cold temperatures
The commune is located at a crossroads of these routes:
#Avallon to St. Brisson,
#de Rouvray to Lormes
#Quarré to Cussy-les-Forges
#Quarré to Châtel Censoir
The commune has 37 hamlets.
Hamlets
Hamlets of archaeological or historical interest are:
* Champlois whose large pavilion was a feudal manor.
* The Gorge, which had a mansion in 1280 (owner Jean de Roilly).
* Villiers-les Pautots whose name comes from a Roman villa and the family nickname.
* Velars-le-Comte is of Roman origin (tiles, medals and statues recovered). In 1325 it belonged to Guyot of Veillart.
* Les Iles-Ménéfriers is known mainly for the accumulation of rocks called Roche des Fées.
* Les Mathieux housed a chapel dedicated to St. Eptade until 1667 .
* Au Moulin-Colas has remnants of Roman buildings.
History
In the seventh century, the village was named Quarreia, then was called Quarée until the eighteenth century. The current name of town comes from the large number of empty stone coffins ("tombes") in the graveyard surrounding the church.
Quarré, formerly Careacum, belonged to Corbon, Lord of Corbigny, who bequeathed it to his son in 706 at the Abbey of Flavigny.
In the eleventh century, the village was owned by the Sires de Chastellux, Counts of Quarré. The castle was built in 1863.
The church has undergone several reconstructions including one in the fifteenth century.
The chair and bench are carved in the style of Louis XIII.
See also
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Communes of the Yonne department
The following is a list of the 423 communes of the Yonne department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[Parc naturel régional du Morvan
Morvan Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel régional du Morvan'') is a protected area of woodlands, lakes and traditional farmland in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central France. It covers a total area of and extends through f ...]
References
Communes of Yonne
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