Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye
Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye | |
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Coordinates: 47°37′09″N 3°11′52″E / 47.6192°N 3.1978°ECoordinates: 47°37′09″N 3°11′52″E / 47.6192°N 3.1978°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Yonne |
Arrondissement | Auxerre |
Canton | Vincelles |
Area 1 | 30.89 km2 (11.93 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 888 |
• Density | 29/km2 (74/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 89368 /89520 |
Elevation | 212–311 m (696–1,020 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, in the historical region of Puisaye.
In the early 1970s the Château de la Folie, north of the village (halfway to Mézilles) was home to one of the "Maharishi’s Science of Creative Intelligence" projects. Transcendental Meditation teachers and students from all over the world gathered here to renovate the buildings and make the château a meditation centre. There were plans to make a campus with meditation-units in the fields between the château and the Etang de la Folie, just beside the D7 road. The project was abandoned in the mid-seventies, for reasons unknown.[citation needed]
Personalities[]
It is the birthplace of the writer Colette. A museum dedicated to her life and work is housed in her childhood home.[citation needed]
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References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
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