Saint-Privé | |
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 TheLoing river in Saint-Privé | |
 Location of Saint-Privé | |
  Saint-Privé  Saint-Privé | |
| Coordinates:47°41′03″N3°00′05″E / 47.6842°N 3.0014°E /47.6842; 3.0014 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Yonne |
| Arrondissement | Auxerre |
| Canton | Cœur de Puisaye |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean François Boisard[1] |
Area 1 | 41.41 km2 (15.99 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 518 |
| • Density | 12.5/km2 (32.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 89365 /89220 |
| Elevation | 161–214 m (528–702 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Privé (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃pʁive]ⓘ) is acommune in theYonnedepartment inBourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.
The commune is crossed by the riverLoing. The river Beaune, an affluent of the Loing, takes its source on the territory of the commune.
The name of the village came from Privat ofMende, a Frenchhermit andbishop fromGuevaudan who died as a martyr in 260. His cult became really popular during theMiddle Age and many villages and parishes took his name. The first known written trace on the village is from a 13th-century text, in a book on thefief owned byPhilippe Auguste.[3]
Humane presence on the territory is present sincePalaeolithic, and manysilex tools were found, notably by André Huchet on a site on the limit between Saint-Privé andBléneau. More than 2000 silex tools were collected on a territory of less than 25 hectares.[4]
It seems the village had been namedLaoderus before taking the name Saint-Privé. Laoderus was a 6th-century parish under the direction of thediocese ofAuxerre, but the exact location had never been officially established.[5]
The church of the commune was built in the 16th century and is dedicated to Saint-Privat. It was namedMonument historique and national heritage site in 1903.[6] The church has threenaves with fourbays each and a vaulted stone cellar. The fleur-de-lyskeystone of thechoir give indication of the builders of the church: Nicolas d'Anjou, lord of the area, François de Courtenay, lord ofBléneau, the abbey of Laurey and Philippe de Courtenay.[5]
The French painterHenri Harpignies, surnamed the "Michelangelo of trees", lived in Saint-Privé until his death in 1916.[7][8]
A barrack was built in the commune in 1938 to lodge the mobile guard in preparation of thewar to come. Many were expropriated in order to build the camp. On 15 June 1940,Auxerre,Sens and all of Yonneare taken by Germany. Thousands of refugees crossed the department trying to get to the south. On the night of 17 June, an arch of the Saint-Privé bridge exploded, causing severe damage to many house in the village.[9]
| Climate data for Saint-Privé (1991–2020 averages) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.8 (62.2) | 21.9 (71.4) | 25.9 (78.6) | 28.2 (82.8) | 31.2 (88.2) | 38.4 (101.1) | 41.8 (107.2) | 38.5 (101.3) | 35.2 (95.4) | 30.4 (86.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 16.9 (62.4) | 41.8 (107.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) | 8.3 (46.9) | 12.1 (53.8) | 16.7 (62.1) | 19.6 (67.3) | 23.7 (74.7) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.3 (77.5) | 22.0 (71.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 11.3 (52.3) | 7.7 (45.9) | 16.4 (61.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) | 0.6 (33.1) | 2.1 (35.8) | 4.2 (39.6) | 7.7 (45.9) | 11.4 (52.5) | 13.2 (55.8) | 12.5 (54.5) | 9.3 (48.7) | 7.6 (45.7) | 4.0 (39.2) | 1.4 (34.5) | 6.2 (43.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.9 (10.6) | −14.0 (6.8) | −11.8 (10.8) | −6.6 (20.1) | −1.3 (29.7) | 2.1 (35.8) | 3.9 (39.0) | 4.0 (39.2) | 0.8 (33.4) | −4.4 (24.1) | −7.4 (18.7) | −15.5 (4.1) | −15.5 (4.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 60.4 (2.38) | 54.4 (2.14) | 61.6 (2.43) | 56.5 (2.22) | 87.0 (3.43) | 62.8 (2.47) | 67.2 (2.65) | 55.3 (2.18) | 50.8 (2.00) | 77.9 (3.07) | 62.4 (2.46) | 73.4 (2.89) | 769.7 (30.30) |
| Average precipitation days | 12.5 | 11.4 | 11.0 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 10.4 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 122.9 |
| Source: Météo France[10][11] | |||||||||||||
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