Villeneuve-sur-Yonne (French pronunciation: [vilnœv syʁ jɔn]) is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.

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Villeneuve-sur-Yonne
Commune
Gate in Villeneuve sur Yonne, Yonne, Burgundy, France
Coat of arms
Location of Villeneuve-sur-Yonne
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Coordinates: 48°05′34″N 3°17′40″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Yonne
Arrondissement	Sens
Canton	Villeneuve-sur-Yonne
Intercommunality	CA Grand Sénonais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nadège Naze[1]
Area 1	40.00 km2 (15.44 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,136
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	89464 /89500
Elevation	68–206 m (223–676 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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It is surrounded by a partly intact wall, built during the 12th century, which was one of the 8 residences of the French kings.

The city lies on the bank of the river Yonne, between the cities of Sens and Joigny.

The city was founded in 1163 by Louis VII of France to protect the kingdom of France at the boundary of the Champagne. In 1204 King Philip II Augustus held parliament in the city, and Louis IX resided in the city before departing for the Eighth Crusade. In 1594 the city was burnt down. During the French Revolution the name was changed from le-Roi (the king) to sur-Yonne (on the Yonne). In 1870 a memorial for the dead was designed by the sculptor Émile Peynot. The city was governed from 1927 till 1931 by the infamous mayor Marcel Pétiot, who was guillotined in 1946, convicted of 26 killings.

The inhabitants are called Villeneuviens.

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Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 4,605 —     1800 4,885 +0.85% 1806 5,007 +0.41% 1821 4,765 −0.33% 1831 4,966 +0.41% 1836 5,199 +0.92% 1841 4,525 −2.74% 1846 5,357 +3.43% 1851 5,206 −0.57% 1856 5,025 −0.71% 1861 5,018 −0.03% 1866 4,952 −0.26% 1872 5,095 +0.48% 1876 5,084 −0.05% 1881 5,010 −0.29% 1886 5,127 +0.46% 1891 5,117 −0.04% 1896 4,877 −0.96%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 4,768 −0.45% 1906 4,666 −0.43% 1911 4,451 −0.94% 1921 3,937 −1.22% 1926 4,099 +0.81% 1931 4,256 +0.75% 1936 4,107 −0.71% 1946 4,321 +0.51% 1954 4,404 +0.24% 1962 4,365 −0.11% 1968 4,451 +0.33% 1975 4,764 +0.98% 1982 4,980 +0.64% 1990 5,054 +0.18% 1999 5,404 +0.75% 2007 5,294 −0.26% 2012 5,326 +0.12% 2017 5,219 −0.41%
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

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• Two main entrance gates to the city, Gate of Sens and Gate of Joigny. The Gate of Joigny or Porte de Joigny was rebuilt in the 16th century; the Gate of Sens, or Porte de Sens, predates it by three hundred years and is similar in appearance.^[6]
• Gothic and Renaissance Church Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Our Lady of Assumption).
• City market built during the 19th century by Paul Sédille.
• La Lucarne aux Chouettes or The Owls' Nest restaurant which was run by Leslie Caron, serving Burgundy specialities. The old dilapidated boathouse was bought by her in 1990 on the suggestion of Jean Renoir.^[7]
• A Neolithic menhir situated on the bank of the river, in the locality called Pierre-Fritte or Plaine-des-Egriselles.^[8]

• Horní Bříza, Czech Republic
• Braubach am Rhein, Germany
• Collingham, United Kingdom

• Communes of the Yonne department