Located in central France, in the northwest of the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, bordering Île-de-France, Yonne department was created in 1790 during the French Revolution. It was named after the river Yonne, a left tributary of the Seine, which rises in the Morvan hills and flows northwards through department. The Canal de Bourgogne, which connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, joins the River Yonne through locks at Migennes a little further north from Auxerre.
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