Lhuître

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Lhuître
Lhuître (France)
Lhuître
region Grand Est
Department Aube
Arrondissement Troyes
Canton Arcis-sur-Aube
Community association Arcis, Mailly, Ramerupt
Coordinates 48 ° 34 ′  N , 4 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 34 ′  N , 4 ° 15 ′  E
height 93-196 m
surface 35.82 km 2
Residents 298 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 8 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 10700
INSEE code

Sante-Tanche pilgrimage church

Lhuître is a French commune with 298 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aube department in the Grand Est region (until 2015: Champagne-Ardenne ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Troyes and to the Région d'Arcis-sur-Aube, which was founded in 1992 . The inhabitants call themselves Lhuîtriens .

geography

The municipality of Lhuître is located on the Huîtrelle river in the " dry Champagne " ( Champagne sèche ), about 35 kilometers north-northeast of Troyes . Lhuître is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Trouans in the north, Saint-Ouen-Domprot ( Département Marne ) in the northeast, Dampierre in the east, Isle-Aubigny in the southeast, Vinets in the south, Le Chêne in the west and Grandville in the northwest.

The little relief, with over 35 square kilometers, quite large, consists of two-thirds of arable land, on which mainly grain is grown. One third is in a mixed forest area in the northeast of the municipality.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2015
Residents 298 300 275 269 261 234 266 297
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

In 1806 Lhuître still had 720 inhabitants.

Attractions

Economy and Infrastructure

There are 14 farms in the municipality of Lhuître (cereal and vegetable growing).

Lhuître is away from the major national transport routes. In Torcy-le-Petit , eight kilometers away, there is a connection to the Autoroute A26 (Calais – Troyes).

supporting documents

  1. Organ on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. Organ on insee.fr
  3. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved April 24, 2016 (French).
  4. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Lhuître  - collection of images