Aube department

Aube
region	Grand Est
prefecture	Troyes
Sub-prefecture (s)	Bar-sur-Aube Nogent-sur-Seine
Residents	310.020 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	52 inhabitants per km²
surface	6,003.92 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	13
Cantons	17th
Communities	431
President of the Department Council	Philippe Adnot
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-10
Location of the Aube in the region Grand Est

The Aube [ oːb ] department is the French department with serial number 10. It is located in the north-east of the country in the Grand Est region and was named after the river Aube .

geography

The department in western Champagne borders on the Marne department in the north, the Haute-Marne department in the east, the Côte-d'Or department in the southeast, the Yonne department in the southwest and the Seine-et- department in the northwest . Marne .

While the Seine flows through the department from the south-east to the north-west, the eponymous Aube runs in the north-east and north of the department. To the east between Seine and Aube, the Forêt d'Orient Regional Nature Park stretches with the three man-made lakes Lac d'Orient , Lac du Temple and Lac Amance , which regulate the water levels of both rivers.

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790 from parts of the province of Champagne .

From 1960 to 2015 it was part of the Champagne-Ardenne region , which in 2016 became part of the Grand Est region.

coat of arms

Description : Under a silver wave shield head is a silver sloping bar in blue accompanied by golden meanders on both sides.

Cities

Like the whole of the Champagne-Ardenne region, the Aube département has a rather low population density compared to around 100 inhabitants per km² in the neighboring region of Lorraine or around 220 for Alsace . The most populous municipalities in this department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Troyes	61,652	Troyes
Romilly-sur-Seine	14,451	Nogent-sur-Seine
La Chapelle-Saint-Luc	12,319	Troyes
Saint-André-les-Vergers	12,311	Troyes
Sainte-Savine	10,573	Troyes
Saint-Julien-les-Villas	6,811	Troyes
Nogent-sur-Seine	5,980	Nogent-sur-Seine
Bar-sur-Aube	4,902	Bar-sur-Aube

structure

The Aube department is divided into 3 arrondissements , 17 cantons and 431 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Aube department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Bar-sur-Aube	3	104	28,469	1,193.26	24	101
Nogent-sur-Seine	4th	80	54,062	1,245.17	43	102
Troyes	14th	247	227,489	3,565.49	64	103
Aube department	17th	431	310.020	6,003.92	52	10

See also

• Dolmen des Grèves de Fraicul
• List of communes in the Aube department
• List of cantons in the Aube department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Aube department

economy

The largest European cultivation area of industrial hemp is in the Aube department , with a large part of the 5000 hectares in the (former) Champagne-Ardenne region .

Web links

Commons : Département Aube  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Département Aube (French, partly English)
• Prefecture of the Aube department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.aube.fr/109-le-president.htm accessed on April 28, 2015

Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '  N , 4 ° 6'  E