Cravant, Yonne

Cravant is a former commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Deux Rivières.[2]

Cravant
Belfry of Cravant
Coat of arms
Location of Cravant
Cravant
Cravant
Coordinates: 47°41′02″N 3°41′30″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentYonne
ArrondissementAuxerre
CantonJoux-la-Ville
CommuneDeux Rivières
Area
1
22.54 km2 (8.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
814
  Density36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
89460
Elevation106–289 m (348–948 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

In 1423, during the Hundred Years' War , it was the site of the Battle of Cravant between Anglo-Burgundian and Franco-Scots forces.

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