Cravant | |
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Part of Deux Rivières | |
 Belfry of Cravant | |
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Location of Cravant | |
  Cravant  Cravant | |
| Coordinates: 47°41′02″N 3°41′30″E / 47.6839°N 3.6917°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Yonne |
| Arrondissement | Auxerre |
| Canton | Joux-la-Ville |
| Commune | Deux Rivières |
| Area 1 | 22.54 km2 (8.70 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 817 |
| • Density | 36/km2 (94/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 89460 |
| Elevation | 106–289 m (348–948 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Cravant (French pronunciation: [kʁavɑ̃]) is a former commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Deux Rivières.[2]
In 1423, during the Hundred Years' War , it was the site of the Battle of Cravant between Anglo-Burgundian and Franco-Scots forces.
See also
References
- ↑ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 26 April 2016 (in French)
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