Vauluisant

Vauluisant is a hamlet in Courgenay, Arrondissement of Sens, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Vauluisant is situated nearby to the hamlet Touchebœuf, as well as near La Charmée.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vauluisant Abbey and Ancienne grange cistercienne de Toucheboeuf.

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.

Ancienne grange cistercienne de Toucheboeuf

Building

Photo: Robin Chubret, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ancienne grange cistercienne de Toucheboeuf is a building.

Polissoir du Sauvageon

Archaeological site

Photo: Robin Chubret, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Polissoir du Sauvageon is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Vauluisant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lailly and Villeneuve-l’Archevêque.

Lailly

Village

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Lailly is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Lailly is situated 2½ km south of Vauluisant.

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 3½ km southeast of Vauluisant.