*Location:

   South tower
   Cathédrale Saint-Étienne (St.Stephen)
   Place de la République
   Sens, Yonne, France
   LL: N 48.19875, E 3.28373

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*Schedule:

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*Remarks:

   Peal of 4	 bells, plus 3 clock bells
   and 2 other smaller bells.
   Bourdons "la Savinienne" (largest) and
   "la Potentienne" both cast by Gaspard
   Mongin-Viard (Auxerre).

   D, 269cm, 16230kg, 1560, G.Mongin-Viard
   F, 233cm, 13660kg, 1560, G.Mongin-Viard

*Technical data:

   Motor-swung peal of  7 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker 
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2010

The Wikipedia article about this building has a section about the bells.

Wikimedia Commons has a photo of the bell tower, a photo of the building facade and belfry, and a photo of the bell tower from along the side of the cathedral.

Where the two great bells of this work lie in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

Peals of less than 8 bells are not indexed by size, pitch or year of completion.

Where the bass bell of this peal ("la Savinienne") ranks among all great bells in Europe (with additional details).
Where the second bell of this peal ("la Potentienne") ranks among all great bells in Europe

Index to all tower bell instruments in France/Yonne.

   This page was built from the database on 18-Aug-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/08/17
   and on technical data last updated on 2026/07/23