Irancy
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Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
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| Coordinates: 47°42′51″N 3°39′56″E / 47.7143°N 3.6656°ECoordinates: 47°42′51″N 3°39′56″E / 47.7143°N 3.6656°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Yonne |
| Arrondissement | Auxerre |
| Canton | Vincelles |
| Area1 | 11.98 km2 (4.63 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 312 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 89202 /89290 |
| Elevation | 105–298 m (344–978 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Irancy is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. It is located southwest of Chablis in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
The town of Irancy was developed beginning in the year 900AD when the Abbot Richard, Duc of Bourgogne expanded his abbey to include the region of Irancy. This action was granted by the charter of King Charles on 22 April of the same year.
The religious tension of France during the middle ages reached even to the small town of Irancy. The city had been built around the Catholic convent of Saint Germain and persecutions for protestants led to a siege in 1568. On 7 February, a group of French protestants called Huguenots laid siege to the town of Irancy, an incident now called the Siege of Cravant. The village was looted and many people were killed, their bodies piled in an empty well. Still to this day, one of the streets in Irancy is called the "street of the dead" due to this incident.
Up to 1832, the deaths in Irancy were approximately 30 people per year. However, Cholera swept the town twice between 1826 and 1841. During the height of the pandemic, Irancy lost 97 people in one month alone. Many families lost more than one person, a mother, a father, child or sibling.
Despite once possessing a considerable reputation, the wines of Irancy had long since lost out to their more famous cousins in the Côte-d'Or. However, from the 1980s a number of producers have worked to change this situation and in 1999 they were rewarded with an area specific AOC. The area primarily produces red wines, predominantly from the Pinot noir grape, although a small amount of rosé is also produced. Some producers also include small quantities of César and Tressot; lesser known Burgundy grape varieties.
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