Tannay, Nièvre

Tannay is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Tannay
Commune
The church in Tannay
Coat of arms
Location of Tannay
Tannay Tannay
Coordinates: 47°22′07″N 3°35′33″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Nièvre
Arrondissement	Clamecy
Canton	Clamecy
Intercommunality	Fleur du Nivernais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Nolot
Area ^1	15.36 km^2 (5.93 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	585
• Density	38/km^2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	58286 /58190
Elevation	161–366 m (528–1,201 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The village is built on a hill, providing a significant point of view over the Yonne valley. The Canal du Nivernais (Nièvre lock) is navigable.

Points of interest

Tannay Port (nautical base camp), collegiate church Saint-Léger from the 13th century. This village is on the Vezelay branch of the Route of Saint Jacques de Compostelle, about 5h on foot from the cathedral of Vézelay Abbey

Town partnerships

Tannay fosters partnerships with the following places:[2]

• Norheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany since 1967

Notable people from Tannay

• André-Charles Brottier

See also

• Communes of the Nièvre department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Partnership with Norheim Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine