Arcy-sur-Cure explained

Arcy-sur-Cure
Commune Status:	Commune
Coordinates:	47.6039°N 3.7614°W
Insee:	89015
Postal Code:	89270
Arrondissement:	Avallon
Canton:	Joux-la-Ville
Mayor:	Olivier Bertrand^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Elevation Min M:	121
Elevation Max M:	301
Area Km2:	26.33

Arcy-sur-Cure (in French pronounced as /aʁsi syʁ kyʁ/, literally Arcy on Cure) is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.

The caves of Arcy-sur-Cure, just south of the commune, hold the second-oldest cave paintings known, after those of Chauvet Cave.^[2] Archeological remains at the Grotte du Renne were taken to provide evidence that Neanderthals had modern human behavior, but this is now doubted.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Communes of the Yonne department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. Grottes d'Arcy-sur-Cure Official website
3. Higham T, Jacobi R, Julien M, David F, Basell L, Wood R, Davies W, Ramsey CB.C (2010). Chronology of the Grotte du Renne (France) and implications for the context of ornaments and human remains within the Chatelperronian. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
4. Mellars P. (2010). Neanderthal symbolism and ornament manufacture: The bursting of a bubble? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.