Aubignosc

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Aubignosc
Aubinhòsc
Aubignosc coat of arms
Aubignosc (France)
Aubignosc
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement Forcalquier
Canton Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
Community association Jabron-Lure-Vançon-Durance
Coordinates 44 ° 8 '  N , 5 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 8 '  N , 5 ° 58'  E
height 432-1,330 m
surface 14.74 km 2
Residents 592 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 40 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 04200
INSEE code 04013
Website aubignosc04.fr

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Aubignosc ( Provençal : Aubinhòsc ) is a southeastern French mountain village with 592 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .

geography

Aubignosc is located in the French Alps on the orographic right bank of the Durance , 104 kilometers northeast of Marseille and 22 kilometers northwest of Digne-les-Bains , the seat of the prefecture of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department. The neighboring communities of Aubignosc are Peipin in the north, Salignac in the northeast, Volonne in the southeast and Châteauneuf-Val-Saint-Donat in the south. The municipality covers 1474 hectares, the mean height is 881 meters above sea ​​level , the Mairie stands at an altitude of 483 meters.

Aubignosc is assigned to a type Cfb (according to Köppen and Geiger ) climate zone : warm, moderate rainy climate (C), fully humid (f), warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C (b). There is a maritime climate with a moderate summer.

history

The archaeologist André Müller directed the excavations , which were carried out from 1987 to 1989 before the construction of the A 51 autoroute in the lieu-dit Ponchonière. A prehistoric site from the Middle and Neolithic was discovered, which has an area of ​​35,000 square meters.

The archaeological digs are all in the Durance valley, where the course of the Via Domitia is believed to be. In 1988, some Tegulæ from the Gallo-Roman period (52 BC to 486 AD) were found about 500 meters southwest of the hamlet of Les Rouvières . In 1962 a grave from Gallo-Roman times was found in the town center during road construction work. In the lieu'dit Les Présidentes, northeast of Ponchonière, remains of buildings have been found that were inhabited until the end of the 3rd century. Another building was found during an excavation in 1993 and 1994.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009 2016
Residents 169 192 262 286 403 428 547 586
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

In the church there is a painting from the 18th century, which is listed as a Monument Historique . The picture shows the Virgin with the Child and Saints Rochus of Montpellier and Ignatius of Loyola . The base of a holy water container in the church is a Gallo-Roman altar, which was dedicated to Silvanus .

Economy and Infrastructure

In 1983 a silo and other buildings were built for an agricultural cooperative that mainly trades in grain .

In the municipality there are controlled designations of origin (AOC) for banon (cheese) , olive oil ( Huile d'olive de Provence and de Haute-Provence ) and lavender oil ( Huile essentielle de lavande de Haute-Provence ) as well as Protected Geographical Indications (IGP) for lamb (Agneau de Sisteron) , honey (Miel de Provence) , einkorn ( Petit épeautre de haute Provence ) , einkorn flour ( Farine de petit épeautre de haute Provence ) and wines of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Méditerranée designations .

The next train station is in Sisteron . It is 7 kilometers away. The nearest airport is the Aérodrome de Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons in Saint-Pons, 58.7 kilometers away .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Le village d'Aubignosc. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved November 23, 2012 (French).
  2. ↑ Lemercier Olivier: André Muller, archéologue de terrain (1945-2006) . In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française . tape 104 , no. 1 , 2007, p. 198 (French, online [accessed November 23, 2012]).
  3. ↑ a b Géraldine Bérard: 04. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence . In: Carte archéologique de la Gaule . tape 4 . Editions MSH, 1997, ISBN 2-87754-054-5 , pp. 78–80 (French, limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ↑ Entry No. 04013 in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  5. ↑ Entry No. 04013 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

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