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Montréal en Bourgogne

Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

Valérie75 (Wikimedia Commons user)Montréal Yonne 005 CC BY-SA 2.5
Ibex73Ferme fortifiée de Chérisy-les-Montréal, Yonne 02 CC BY-SA 4.0
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Patrick89Maison général Habert Montréal CC BY-SA 3.0
Patrick89Marquis-de-RagnyPublic domain
Victor PetitMontréal (89) - porte-d'en-basPublic domain
Patrick89Montréal (Yonne) fortifications-1 CC BY-SA 3.0
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Legend says Queen Brunhild stayed on this hill with her grandson King Theuderic, giving Montréal its name, Mons Regalis, the royal mount. Set above the left bank of the Serein near Avallon, it was a powerful lordship by the year 1000, strengthened with stone walls, fortified gates and a hilltop castle, and it grew prosperous on trade and fairs.

Highlights

A hilltop above the Serein meadows, which often flood
The legend of Queen Brunhild and the royal mount
A medieval past of walls and fortified gates around the town

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Montréal (Yonne) (FR), Montréal, Yonne, Montréal (Yonne) (IT)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 161

Things to see

Collégiale Notre-Dame de Montréal, Yonne (FR)
Château de Monthelon (FR)
Château de Montréal (Yonne) (FR)

Events through the year

Vide-grenier Fairs and markets · JulyCar boot sale run by the festival committee

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Montréal (Yonne)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Specialities of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Typical of the region rather than of this village.

MyrabellaComte AOP CC BY-SA 3.0
ComtéCheese
Arnaud 25 (Wikimedia Commons user)Vin Jaune CC BY-SA 3.0
Vin jauneWine
Benoît PrieurTruite à la sauce vin jaune et morilles - restaurant Clairvaux-les-Lacs CC0
MorelsLocal produce
Jura winesWine
Rillettes comtoisesCured meatHaute-Saône speciality of smoked Franche-Comté pork
Chris93Bô Kirsch AOC Devoille CC BY-SA 4.0
Kirsch de Fougerolles (FR)Drink

Adapted from Wikipedia (Cuisine franc-comtoise). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to sleep

1 place to stay within 3 km

Hostels 1

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Nearby member villages

Noyers · 17 km
Vézelay · 23 km
Flavigny-sur-Ozerain · 37 km
Châteauneuf · 58 km
Sancerre · 93 km

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