Hôtel des Deux Gares 15/06/2017 21h40
Arrived at my destination, Hôtel des Deux Gares in Auxerre. The owner of this two star hotel was awaiting me when I arrived. He wanted to go home as well, this was not a hotel with a 24 hour reception desk. I wanted to explore this part of the city of Auxerre around the station Auxerre – Saint-Gervais but this area seemed to be a kind of ghost town. The last trains have left and the station is awaiting only one train from Paris to arrive. No bars, no restaurants, nothing.
Hôtel des Deux Gares
17 Rue Paul Doumer
89000 AUXERRE
Tél: +33 6 61 80 36 43
Auxerre
Auxerre is the capital of the Yonne department and the fourth-largest city in Burgundy. Auxerre’s population today is about 39,000; the metropolitan area comprises roughly 92,000 inhabitants. Residents of Auxerre are referred to as Auxerrois.
Auxerre is a commercial and industrial centre, with industries including food production, woodworking and batteries. It is also noted for its production of Burgundy wine, including world-famous Chablis. In 1995 Auxerre was named "Town of Art and History".
Auxerre was a flourishing Gallo-Roman centre, then called Autissiodorum, through which passed one of the main roads of the area, the Via Agrippa (1st century AD) which crossed the Yonne River (Gallo-Roman Icauna) here.
In the 19th century numerous heavy infrastructures were built, including a railway station, a psychiatric hospital and the courts, and new quarters were developed on the right bank of the Yonne.
Population: 39,000
Area: 49.95 km2
Density: 780/km2
Elevation: 93–217 m
[ Source and more Info: Wikipedia – Auxerre ]
