Malay-le-Grand

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Location of Malay-le-Grand

(2020–2026) Séverine Mainvis^[1]Area

21.80 km² (8.42 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,578 • Density72/km² (190/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

89239 /89100

Elevation76–221 m (249–725 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Malay-le-Grand (French pronunciation: [malɛ lə ɡʁɑ̃]) is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.

Etymology

The village Maslacius subterior was cited in 519.^[3] In 1003, the village is designated under the name Masliacus Major ("greater Malay"). In 1187, the name of Mâlay-le-Grand became Malaium Vice-comitis (Mâlay-le-Vicomte) until the French Revolution. It was only then that Mâlay-le-Vicomte became Mâlay-le-Grand again and the neighbouring village of Mâlay-le-Roi also became Malay-le-Petit.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Michel de la Torre (1990), éd. Deslogis-Lacoste (ed.), Yonne : histoire, géographie, nature, arts (in French), Paris, ISBN 2739950896{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)