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Pontigny

commune in Yonne, France
Place Commune of France Q828619
Pontigny
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Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
commune of France
Official website
www.mairie-pontigny.fr[14]
Official name
Pontigny[26]

Location

Country
France[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 47.907°, 3.711°
Located in or next to body of water
Serein[6]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
canton of Ligny-le-Châtel, Yonne, Communauté de communes du Pays Chablisien, arrondissement of Auxerre[1][2][3][4]
Shares border with
Venouse, Lignorelles, Ligny-le-Châtel, Rouvray, Vergigny[7][8][9][10][11]

Population and size

Area
11.92 km²[32]
Elevation above sea level
126 (102–183, n=3)[29][30][31]
Female population
387 (2017)[27]
Male population
365 (2017)[28]
Population
752 (739–774, n=10)[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

Codes

Postal code
89230[12]
More facts +6
Associated electoral district
canton of Chablis (2015–present)[33]
Described by source
New International Encyclopedia[25]
Located in the statistical territorial entity
Aire d'attraction d'Auxerre[34]
Office held by the head of government
Mayor of Pontigny[23]
Phone number
+33-3-86-47-42-87[24]
Religious order
Cistercians[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pontigny el Ποντινί ja ポンティニー ru Понтиньи uk Понтіньї zh 蓬蒂尼
🔖 Identifiers · 23
VIAF cluster ID
136105563
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85113275
GND ID
4103212-3
ArchINFORM location ID
5941
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15279763n
Biblissima authority ID
Roar Ljøkelsøy
EHESS ID of a French commune
27568
Email address
mailto:accueil@mairie-pontigny.fr
FactGrid item ID
Stratopedarches
FranceArchives agent ID
296998664
Freebase ID
/m/081j7l
GeoNames ID
6445962
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IdRef ID
027624463
Insee municipality code
89307
J9U entity ID
987007562358705171
Joconde location ID
019c6e9e-287b-4e91-83ac-d4da585545f0
MusicBrainz area ID
5f0b5ce2-8ccf-43c6-9463-0a594e3b2501
National Address Base ID
dcf666c2-144c-40fb-aace-a7492e291dbb
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1502023
Topic's main category
Category:Pontigny
Who's on First ID
101887017
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJw8WhfmyFrdqpbg6cHXBP
Yale LUX ID
place/4665c834-8f29-415a-9d0b-6638a86d766d

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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 5
Ligny-le-Châtel, Vergigny, Lignorelles, Rouvray, Venouse
← Shares border with 5
Ligny-le-Châtel, Vergigny, Lignorelles, Rouvray, Venouse
Located in the administrative territorial entity 3
Yonne, arrondissement of Auxerre, canton of Ligny-le-Châtel
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 2
Yonne, canton of Ligny-le-Châtel
← Headquarters location 2
Pontigny Abbey, Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Mission de France
Associated electoral district 1
canton of Chablis
Contained subdivisions 1
Pontigny Abbey
Country 1
France
Described by source 1
New International Encyclopedia
FactGrid item ID 1
Stratopedarches
Instance of 1
commune of France
Located in or next to body of water 1
Serein
People who died here 1
Paul Desjardins
Religious order 1
Cistercians
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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . Sandre. sandre.eaufrance.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Q133878296. data.geopf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · MystBot bot · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim qualifiers: Population: 752, Add reason for preferred rank to population for 2023 (details)"
  2. 16w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Roar Ljøkelsøy
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q434872, Import ID Biblissima V3 (details)"
  3. 19w ago · Daieuxetdailleurs · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FranceArchives agent ID → 296998664
    "Created claim: FranceArchives agent ID: 296998664, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782644922236"
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