Saint-Léger-Vauban | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Saint-Léger-Vauban.svg |
Arrondissement: | Avallon |
Canton: | Avallon |
Insee: | 89349 |
Postal Code: | 89630 |
Mayor: | Damien Brizard[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 47.3878°N 4.0417°W |
Elevation M: | 447 |
Elevation Min M: | 325 |
Elevation Max M: | 566 |
Area Km2: | 33.81 |
Saint-Léger-Vauban (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ leʒe vobɑ̃/) is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.
It lies within the Parc naturel régional du Morvan.
The town is situated between Rouvray and Quarré-les-Tombes. The nearest large town is Avallon.
The town was originally named Saint Leger, then Saint-Léger-de-Fourcheret until 1867, when Napoleon III issued an Imperial decree renaming it Saint-Léger-de-Vauban, after the French military engineer Vauban, who was born there in 1633.[2]
The village has a small museum dedicated to Vauban.[3] Since 2021, a baroque and classical music festival has been held there on July [4]
The church was restored in 1865 and has a functional bell tower. Saint-Léger-Vauban is also home to the Abbaye de la Pierre Qui Vire, and the Chateau de Rueres.
Saint-Léger's primary economic activity is farming, though there are several small shops, a post office, school, and multiple cheese makers.