Pontigny () is a
commune in the
Yonne
Yonne (, in Burgundian: ''Ghienne'') 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 con ...
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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.
Sight
Its principal distinction is as the home of
Pontigny Abbey
Pontigny Abbey (), the church of which in recent decades has also been the cathedral of the Mission de France, otherwise the Territorial Prelature of Pontigny (), was a Cistercian monastery located in Pontigny on the River Serein, in the present ...
.
Communication channels
The commune is crossed in a north-south direction by the N77 joining Auxerre to the south and Saint-Florentin and Troyes to the north, and by the D91 connecting Migennes to the west and Chablis to the south-east.
Exit 20 (“ Venoy ”) of the A6 motorway is 16 km to the south, exit 19 (“ Monéteau ”) is 19 km to the southwest.
The nearest train stations are Laroche - Migennes (the best served) 18 km away and Auxerre 19 km
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
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References
Communes of Yonne
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