Saint-Léger-Vauban

Saint-Léger-Vauban
Saint-Léger-Vauban
Commune
	The town hall in Saint-Léger-Vauban
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 47°23′16″N 4°02′30″E / 47.3878°N 4.0417°ECoordinates: 47°23′16″N 4°02′30″E / 47.3878°N 4.0417°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Yonne
Arrondissement	Avallon
Canton	Avallon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Damien Brizard
Area 1	33.81 km2 (13.05 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	358
• Density	11/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	89349 /89630
Elevation	325–566 m (1,066–1,857 ft) ; (avg. 447 m or 1,467 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Léger-Vauban (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ leʒe vobɑ̃]) is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.

It lies within the Parc naturel régional du Morvan.

Geography[]

The town is situated between Rouvray and Quarré-les-Tombes. The nearest large town is Avallon.

History[]

The town was originally named Saint Leger, then Saint-Léger-de-Fourcheret until 1867, when Napoleon III issued an Imperial decree renaming it Saint-Léger-de-Vauban, after the French military engineer Vauban, who was born there in 1633.^[2]