Saint-Privé (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pʁive] ⓘ) is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.

The name of the village came from Privat of Mende, a French hermit and bishop from Guevaudan who died as a martyr in 260.

[3] Humane presence on the territory is present since Palaeolithic, and many silex tools were found, notably by André Huchet on a site on the limit between Saint-Privé and Bléneau.

[5] The French painter Henri Harpignies, surnamed the "Michelangelo of trees", lived in Saint-Privé until his death in 1916.

On the night of 17 June, an arch of the Saint-Privé bridge exploded, causing severe damage to many house in the village.