Escolives is located 10 km south of Auxerre, on the left bank of the Yonne, which straddles the alluvial plain of the river and the limestone plateau forming part of formations of the Paris Basin. The village has been occupied since the Neolithic Age (about 5000 BC.), With a significant occupation in the Gallo-Roman. The village itself was born in the Middle Ages. Country vine and agriculture, characterized by its many sources, there were also several mills. The entire territory depended largely Castle Belombre. A hamlet, the Court barred, now part of the common Escolives. After phylloxera, people have made the production of cherries and their specialties were among suppliers of this fruit of Paris. Today, the cherry has lost its beautiful vineyards and returned last twenty years with popular thought.
The passage of the Canal du Nivernais, bordered by the greenway, open to pedestrians, bicycles and rollerblades, brings many boaters over water.
