Auxerre (fra)

Auxerre

Auxerre ranks 1,995th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Voss, Chalcis, and Caserta. Memorable people born in Auxerre include Joseph Fourier, Rudolph of France, and Marcel Petiot. Memorable people who died in Auxerre include Rudolph of France, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders, and Étienne Gilson. Auxerre has been the birth place of many mathematicians, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Auxerre is located in France.

Auxerre is the capital (prefecture) of the Yonne department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Paris. Auxerre's population today is about 35,000; the urban area comprises roughly 113,000 inhabitants. Residents of Auxerre are referred to as Auxerrois. Read more on Wikipedia