Arces-Dilo

Arces-Dilo
Arces-Dilo

Coordinates: 48°05′30″N 3°35′54″E / 48.0917°N 3.5983°E / 48.0917; 3.5983Coordinates: 48°05′30″N 3°35′54″E / 48.0917°N 3.5983°E / 48.0917; 3.5983
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Yonne
Arrondissement Sens
Canton Cerisiers
Area1 27.02 km2 (10.43 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 611
  Density 23/km2 (59/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 89014 / 89320
Elevation 198–288 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Arces-Dilo is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France.


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

Arces

Dilo

(Deilocus "a place dedicated to God")

Dilo owes its origin to a Premonstratensian abbey (the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Dilo) founded in 1132 and enriched by many generous donations. The monks there developed an 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.

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