Accolay is a former commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged with Cravant into the new commune of Deux Rivières. The population of Accolay was 419 inhabitants as of January 1, 2016. The commune is bordered by the Cure River and the Nivernais Canal, just beside it. The canal junction was built in the 19th century to transport wood by timber rafting from the Morvan forests to Paris. The village was noted as a producer of potter that became renowned between 1945 and 1983.