Arces-Dilo

Arces-Dilo
Commune
The chapel of Saint Cartault in Dilo
The chapel of Saint Cartault in Dilo
Coat of arms of Arces-Dilo
Coat of arms
Location of Arces-Dilo
Map
Arces-Dilo is located in France
Arces-Dilo
Arces-Dilo
Arces-Dilo is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Arces-Dilo
Arces-Dilo
Coordinates: 48°05′30″N 3°35′54″E / 48.0917°N 3.5983°E / 48.0917; 3.5983
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentYonne
ArrondissementSens
CantonBrienon-sur-Armançon
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Annie Bakour[1]
Area
1
27.02 km2 (10.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
608
 • Density23/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
89014 /89320
Elevation198–288 m (650–945 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arces-Dilo (French pronunciation: [aʁs dilo]) is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.

Sights

The commune of Arces Dilo was formed in 1977 by the union of the former communes of Arces and Dilo.

Arces

  • The eighteenth-century church of Saint-Michel, with a Tuscan vault and a tower in the style of Soufflot. The patron saints of the church are St. Ebbon and St. Michel.
  • The Cross of St. Ebbon
  • The Well of St. Ebbon, formerly believed to be able to cure fevers

Dilo

(Deilocus "a place dedicated to God")

Dilo owes originates from a Premonstratensian abbey (the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Dilo) founded in 1132 and enriched by many generous donations. The monks there developed iron and steel works. During his exile in France to Pontigny, Thomas Becket (called St. Thomas of Canterbury) stayed at Dilo, where he consecrated the church in 1168.

The Chapel of Saint-Cartault, blessed and dedicated to worship in 1692, in the oldest parish church.

Personalities

  • Odo of Villemaur
  • Aelis Comtesse de Nevers (widow of the Comte de Joigny Renard IV). Buried in the abbey church of Dilo, his tomb is now in the church of Joigny.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
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