Sens 1105285 218579355 2008-06-11T07:57:01Z TXiKiBoT 3171782 robot Adding: [[sl:Sens]] {{otheruses2|Sens}} {| style="float: right; clear: right; background-color: transparent" |- |{{French commune| nomcommune=Sens| région=[[Bourgogne]] | département=[[Yonne]]<br/>(''[[sous-préfecture]]'')| arrondissement=Sens |canton=Chief town of 3 cantons | insee= 89387| cp=89100| maire= [[Marie-Louise Fort]]| mandat= 2001-2008| intercomm= |longitude=3.287659 |latitude=48.24754| alt moy= | alt mini= | alt maxi= | hectares= 2,786 | km²=27.86 | sans=26,904 | date-sans=1999| dens= 965.7| date-dens=1999}} |- |[[Image:Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot 023.jpg|thumb|270px|Inside the [[Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Sens|cathedral of Sens]], [[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot]], c. 1874.]] |} '''Sens''' is a town and [[communes of France|commune]] of [[France]], in the [[Yonne]] ''[[Departments of France|département]]'', of which it is a ''[[sous-préfecture]]'', in the [[Bourgogne]] ''[[Regions of France|région]]''. It is crossed by the [[Yonne River|Yonne]] and the [[Vanne]], which empties into the Yonne here. ==History== Caesar mentions '''Agedincum''' in the territory of the [[Senones]]<ref>The manuscripts of the ''Gallic War'' also give varied readings of ''Agendicum'' and ''Agetincum'' (William Smith, ed. ''A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography''); the gilded statue of "[[Brennus]]" ("leader") surmounts the ''[[hôtel de ville]]''.</ref> several times in his ''[[Commentarii de Bello Gallico]]'', and the city retains the skeleton of its Roman street-plan.<ref>Its [[Cardo]] (rue de la République) and [[Decumanus Maximus]] (Grande Rue) still meet at near right angles.</ref> The site was referred to by [[Ammianus Marcellinus]] as ''Senones'' (''oppidum Senonas'') but it did not become an administrative center until after the [[Tetrarchy|reorganization of the Roman Empire in 375]], when it was the chief town of [[Gallia Lugdunensis|Lugdunensis Quarta]]. During the [[Middle Ages]], its archbishops<ref>The bishop of Sens perhaps became an [[archbishop]] as early as the mid-fifth century, but the cult of the traditional founders [[Savinian and Potentian]], not mentioned by [[Gregory of Tours]], did not appear until the eighth century, when they were added to the local recension of the [[Seventy Apostles]]. ([http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13716a.htm ''Catholic Encyclopedia'': Sens]).</ref> held the prestigious role of Primates of Gaul and Germany. The [[Hôtel de Sens]] in Paris was their official residence in that city. Starting from 1135, the cathedral of Sens, dedicated to Saint Stephen, was rebuilt as one of the first [[Gothic architecture|Gothic cathedral]]s; there, in 1234 [[Louis IX of France]] celebrated his wedding to [[Marguerite of Provence]]. Sens witnessed the trial of [[Peter Abelard]], [[Pope Alexander III]] sojourned for some time in the city, and there also [[Thomas Becket]] spent part of his exile. Sens lived troublesome times during the [[Wars of Religion]]. ==Main sights== {{Expand-section|date=June 2008}} *[[Sens Cathedral|The Cathedral]], one of the first Gothic edifices in France. *Archbishops' Palace. *Church of St. Maurice. *House of Abraham. *Museum. ==Administration== Sens is the chief-town of the [[arrondissement of Sens]]. ==Miscellanea== It is the presumed birthplace of the 12th-century architect [[William of Sens]]. ==Twin towns== *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chester]], [[England]] *{{flagicon|DEU}} [[Lörrach]], [[Germany]] *{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Senigallia]], [[Italy]] *{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Vyshhorod]], [[Ukraine]] ==See also== * [[Senones]] * [[Columba of Sens|St. Columba of Sens]] *[[Archbishop of Sens|Archdiocese of Sens]] ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commonscat|Sens}} *[http://www.mairie-sens.fr/ Official website] {{fr icon}} *{{Catholic}} [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13716a.htm archdiocese] & [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13720a.htm Councils] [http://www.mairie-sens.fr/ City council website] (in French) *[http://icarus.umkc.edu/sandbox/perseus/pecs/page.80.a.php Richard Stillwell, ed. ''Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites'', 1976:] "Agedincum (Sens), Yonne, France" * Pictures of Sens Cathedral: [http://france-for-visitors.com/images/supersize/sens-cathedral-gothic.jpg], [http://perso.orange.fr/villedesens/images/sens_cathedrale_interieur_cal.jpg], [http://infopuq.uquebec.ca/~uss1010/orgues/france/sensse7.jpg] [[Category:Communes of Yonne]] [[Category:Subprefectures in France]] [[ca:Sens]] [[de:Sens (Yonne)]] [[es:Sens]] [[fr:Sens (Yonne)]] [[it:Sens]] [[la:Agedincum]] [[nl:Sens]] [[nn:Sens]] [[pl:Sens (miasto)]] [[pt:Sens]] [[ro:Sens, Franţa]] [[ru:Санс]] [[sl:Sens]] [[sv:Sens]] [[vi:Sens, Yonne]] [[vo:Sens (Yonne)]]