Champignelles | |
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 Le Tigre, by Claude Welsch | |
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 Location of Champignelles | |
  Champignelles  Champignelles | |
| Coordinates:47°46′47″N3°04′23″E / 47.7797°N 3.0731°E /47.7797; 3.0731 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Yonne |
| Arrondissement | Auxerre |
| Canton | Cœur de Puisaye |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Éric Pauron[1] |
Area 1 | 53.29 km2 (20.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 896 |
| • Density | 16.8/km2 (43.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 89073 /89350 |
| Elevation | 154–224 m (505–735 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Champignelles (French pronunciation:[ʃɑ̃piɲɛl]ⓘ) is acommune in theYonnedepartment inBourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-centralFrance.
The commune of Champignelle is situated near theLoiret department, at 50 km fromAuxerre andMontargis and 150 km south ofParis. Champignelles was merged with the neighbouring commune of Louesme on 1 January 1973.
The castle of the Parc Veil is an evidence of the past families thait reigned over the area until the 19th century.[3]
Built on a land of 1.5 ha (3.7 acres) near the Agréau stream, the Little Train of Champignelles is aridable miniature railway network reproduced on a 1/3 scale. The APTC (Association du Petit Train de Champignelles) was created in 1990 by a group of devoted modellers that worked on a project to rehabilitate an abandoned field in Champignelles, near a place known as Prés de l'Abîme.
Some sixty volunteers participated in the construction, who built the rail network with railway stations, an automated signaling control, turntable, and planted trees to create a nice undergrowth for the train and its association. The track has a 40 cm gauge and has a 1 km network. The BB-001 locomotive runs on a Chrysler thermal engine and can reach 12 km/h. Many events are held on the premises.[4][5][6]
The church is devoted toSaint Roch and is in the part of the commune that used to be the Louesme commune, before the municipal merger with Champignelles. It was inscribed as a national monument in 1992. The church was built during the Gothic period, between the 12th and 13th centuries near the creek dedicated to the goddess Loïma from where the name of the village came.[7]
The church was first dedicated to theVirgin Mary, but was later devoted toSaint Roch after theplague of 1710. Many modification were done on the church in the 16th century, with the addition of large windows and aspire, but the building kept is uniquenave, which is unaligned with thenarthex. Thebell tower is from 1600, and the bell, surnamed "Marguerite" and weighing 180 kg, was blessed in 1722. Many ancient mural paintings from the 16th century were discovered and restored at the end of the 20th century.[7][8][9]
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