Title: Avallon Content: Avallon is a French commune. It is in the south of the Yonne department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, to the southeast of Paris, and is a subprefecture in the department. It is also the capital of the arrrondissement of Avallon. ==Geography== The city of Avallon is in the southeastern part of the Yonne department. The city is on small hills along the Cousin river, a river that flows mainly in the Yonne department. The commune of Avallon has an area of . Its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .  The city of Avallon is surrounded by the communes: ===Climate=== The Köppen climate classification type for Avallon is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Maritime Temperate climate) and of the subtype Cfb. ==Population== The inhabitants of Avallon are known, in French, as Avallonnais (women: Avallonnaises). With a population of 7025, Avallon has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Avallon Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:10000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:2000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:1000 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2007 text:2007 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 6846 bar:1975 from:0 till: 8814 bar:1982 from:0 till: 8904 bar:1990 from:0 till: 8617 bar:1999 from:0 till: 8217 bar:2007 from:0 till: 7366 bar:2014 from:0 till: 7025 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 6846 fontsize:S text: 6,846 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 8814 fontsize:S text: 8,814 shift:(-15,5) bar:1982 at: 8904 fontsize:S text: 8,904 shift:(-15,5) bar:1990 at: 8617 fontsize:S text: 8,617 shift:(-15,5) bar:1999 at: 8217 fontsize:S text: 8,217 shift:(-15,5) bar:2007 at: 7366 fontsize:S text: 7,366 shift:(-15,5) bar:2014 at: 7025 fontsize:S text: 7,025 shift:(-15,5) == Administration == Avallon is a subprefecture of the Yonne department, the capital of the arrondissement of Avallon and the administrative centre  of the canton Avallon formed by 27 communes, with 14,851 inhabitants (2014). It is part of the intercommunality Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan . === Twinned and partner towns === Avallon is twinned with: * Pepinster, Belgium * Cochem, Germany * Tenterden, United Kingdom * Saku, Japan ==Places of interest== Some interesting places in Avallon are: * The Saint-Lazare church, built in the twelfth century. * The Saint-Martin church, built around 1650. * The bell tower - The tower was built in 1456 and is high. == Gallery == File:Avallon - Mairie.jpg|City hall of Avallon. File:Avallon - Collégiale Saint Lazare vue depuis les Chaumes.jpg|Saint-Lazare church. File:Église St Martin Avallon 2.jpg|Saint-Martin church. File:Avallon-Musée de l'Avallonnais (4).jpg|Musée de l'Avallonnais. File:Avallon 180.JPG|Public garden behind the museum. ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Avallon * Communes of the Yonne department