Yonne (Department, France)

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Administrative data

Code: 89
Region: Bourgogne
Traditional provinces: Champagne, Bourgogne, Orléanais, Nivernais
Bordering departments: Aube, Côte-d'Or, Loiret, Nièvre, Seine-et-Marne

Area: 7,427 km²
Population (1995): 331,400 inhabitants

Préfecture: Auxerre
Sous-préfectures: Avallon, Sens
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 40 cantons, 450 communes.

The department is named after the river Yonne (293 km), tributary of Seine.