Bois du Fauconnais

Places of Interest

Église Saint-Crépin-et-Saint-Crépinien de Courgenay

Church

Photo: François GOGLINS, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Église Saint-Crépin-et-Saint-Crépinien de Courgenay is a church.

Vauluisant Abbey

Photo: Keuk, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Vauluisant Abbey, near Courgenay in the canton of Brienon-sur-Armançon, Yonne, France, is a Cistercian abbey founded in 1127 by a group of monks from Preuilly Abbey who came to settle between the forest of Othe and the forest of Lancy, an area near the borders of Île-de-France, Champagne and Burgundy that had come to be far from human habitation. Vauluisant Abbey is situated 3½ km southwest of Bois du Fauconnais.

Places in the Area

Courgenay

Village

Photo: GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Courgenay is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. The former Vauluisant Abbey is situated in the commune.

Villeneuve-l’Archevêque

Village

Photo: Charley ANDREWS, CC0.

Villeneuve-l'Archevêque is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Villeneuve-l’Archevêque is situated 5 km south of Bois du Fauconnais.

Bois du Fauconnais

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Localities in the Area

Notable Places Nearby

Curious Forests to Discover

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