Auxerre

Auxerre is a French commune. It is in the northwest of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and is the prefecture of the Yonne department.

Geography
The city of Auxerre is in the centre of the Yonne department. The city is along the Yonne river, a tributary of the Seine river, that flows through the department from south to north.

It has an area of . Its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .

+ Distance from Auxerre to other cities Dijon  Paris  Bordeaux  Toulouse  Montpellier  Lyon  Nantes             

Auxere is surrounded by many communes: Augy, Champs-sur-Yonne, Chevannes, Escolives-Sainte-Camille, Jussy, Monéteau, Perrigny, Quenne, Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche, Vallan, Venoy, Villefargeau and Villeneuve-Saint-Salves.

+ Auxerre and its neighboring communes 350px|Map of the commune of Auxerre

The city of Auxerre is surrounded by the communes:

Climate
The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Auxerre is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Maritime Temperate climate) and of the subtype Cfb.

The average temperature for the year in Auxerre is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month, on average is January, with an average temperature of .

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Auxerre is . The month with the most precipitation on average is December with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is April with an average of .

Population
The inhabitants of Auxerre are known, in French, as Auxerrois (women: Auxerroises).

With a population of 34,843, Auxerre has a population density of  inhabitants/km2.

Evolution of the population in Auxerre

Auxerre forms, together with other 2 communes, the urban area of Auxerre with a population of 42,188 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Auxerre, formed by 68 communes, with a population of 92,209 inhabitants (2013) and an area of .

 Administration 
Auxerre is the prefecture of the Yonne department, the capital of the arrondissement of Auxerre and the administrative centre () of four cantons:
 Auxerre-1 formed by 3 communes and part of Auxerre, with 14,411 inhabitants (2014).
 Auxerre-2 formed by 6 communes and part of Auxerre, with 19,035 inhabitants (2014).
 Auxerre-3 formed by 6 communes and part of Auxerre, with 14,480 inhabitants (2014).
 Auxerre-4 formed by 2 communes and part of Auxerre, with 14,316 inhabitants (2014).

It is part of the intercommunality Auxerrois ().

 Twinned and partner towns 
Auxerre is twinned with:

  Redditch, United Kingdom since 1956.
  Worms, Germany since 1968.
  Roscoff, France since 1978.

  Saint-Amarin, France since 1981.
  Greve in Chianti, Italy since 1998.
  Płock, Poland since 2000.

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Related pages
 Arrondissement of Auxerre
 Communes of the Yonne department

References

Other websites

 Mairie de Auxerre official website 
 Communauté de l'Auxerrois