Joigny

Joigny
Commune
Coat of arms
Joigny Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region Joigny
Coordinates: 47°58′59″N 3°23′52″E / 47.9831°N 3.3978°E / 47.9831; 3.3978Coordinates: 47°58′59″N 3°23′52″E / 47.9831°N 3.3978°E / 47.9831; 3.3978
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Yonne
Arrondissement	Sens
Canton	Joigny
Intercommunality	Jovinien
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Philippe Auberger
Area1	46.67 km2 (18.02 sq mi)
Population (2015)2	9,580
• Density	210/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	89206 /89300
Elevation	74–252 m (243–827 ft) (avg. 96 m or 315 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Joigny is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.

It is located on the banks of the Yonne River.

Some notable people

• Marcel Aymé
• Edme Joachim Bourdois de La Motte, first physician to Napoleon's son
• Yom Tov of Joigny, Rabbi and poet
• Anne Plantagenet
• Jean de Joigny
• François de Saint-Just (1896-1989), French politician^[1]

It was also the home of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, who founded the Roman Catholic Society of the Sacred Heart in 1800.

Churches

• Saint John Church (11th-16th century)
• Saint Andrew Church (11th-16th century)
• Saint Theobald Church (16th century)

• 
  Saint Andrew Church, Pietà
• 
  Saint John Church, Deposition of Christ (16th century)
• 
  Saint John Church
• 
  Inside of Saint Theobald Church

Twin towns

• Mayen, Germany, since 1964
• Godalming, United Kingdom, since 1985
• Hanover, United States, since 1993
• Joigny-sur-Meuse, France, since 2004
• Amelia, Italy, since 2005

See also

• Communes of the Yonne department
• Joigny coach crash

References

• INSEE

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