Sens
Sens is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, 120 km southeast from Paris. Sens is a sub-prefecture and the second largest city of the department, the eighth largest in the region.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sens Cathedral and Sens railway station.
Sens Cathedral
Church
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Sens Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Sens in Burgundy, eastern France. The cathedral, dedicated to Saint Stephen, is the seat of the Archbishop of Sens.
Hôtel de ville
Town hall
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The Hôtel de Ville is a municipal building in Sens, Yonne, in northern France, standing on Rue de la République. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 1995.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paron and Saint-Clément.
Paron
Village
Photo: François GOGLINS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paron is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Paron is situated 3½ km southwest of Sens.
Saint-Clément
Village
Photo: Villedesens89, Public domain.
Saint-Clément is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.
Sens
- Type: Locality with 25,900 residents
- Also known as: “89387”
- Location: Arrondissement of Sens, Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.1972° or 48° 11′ 50″ northLongitude
3.2833° or 3° 17′ eastPopulation
25,900Elevation
78 metres (256 feet)Open location code
8FW557WM+V8GeoNames ID
6613904
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Sens” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “桑斯”
- French: “Sens”
- Japanese: “サンス”
- Kazakh: “Сан”
- Korean: “상스”
- Latin: “Agedincum Senonum”
- Persian: “سانس”
- Russian: “Санс”
- Serbian: “Санс”
- Ukrainian: “Сан”
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Notable Places Nearby
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