Joigny

Joigny
Coat of arms
Joigny
Location within Burgundy region Joigny
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Yonne
Arrondissement	Auxerre
Canton	Joigny
Intercommunality	Jovinien
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Philippe Auberger
Area1	46.67 km2 (18.02 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	11,054
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
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 Burgundy in north-central France.

It is located on the banks of the Yonne River.

Notable people

Joigny was the town where French writer Marcel Aymé, and famous doctor Edme Joachim Bourdois de La Motte (first physician to Napoleon's son) were born. 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)

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  Saint Andrew Church, Pietà

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  Saint John Church, Deposition of Christ (16th century)

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  Saint John Church

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  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

References

• INSEE