Saint-Aubin (Aube)
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Aube | |
| Arrondissement | Nogent-sur-Seine | |
| Canton | Nogent-sur-Seine | |
| Community association | Nogentais | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 29 ′ N , 3 ° 34 ′ E | |
| height | 63-177 m | |
| surface | 17.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 588 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 33 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 10400 | |
| INSEE code | 10334 | |
Saint-Aubin is a French commune with 588 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aube department in the Grand Est region . The place belongs to the arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Seine and the canton of Nogent-sur-Seine . The community is also part of the Nogentais community association founded in 2006 . The inhabitants are called Saint Aubinois (es) .
geography
Saint-Aubin is located on the Ardusson River around 43 kilometers northwest of Troyes and around 98 kilometers southeast of Paris in the northwest of the Aube department. The community consists of the village of Saint-Aubin, the hamlet of La Crouillère and individual farmhouses.
Neighboring municipalities are Marnay-sur-Seine in the north, Pont-sur-Seine in the north-east, Ferreux-Quincey in the south-east, Avant-lès-Marcilly in the south, Fontaine-Mâcon in the west and Nogent-sur-Seine in the north-west.
history
Until the French Revolution, Saint-Aubin was within the province of Champagne . The parish belonged to the district of Nogent-sur-Seine from 1793 to 1801. Since 1801 it has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Seine. From 1793 to 1801 the place was assigned to the canton of Pont. The municipality has been within the canton of Nogent-sur-Seine since 1801. Until 1801 the community was called Saint Aubin. In 1832 the community of La Chapelle-Godefroix (1821: 57 inhabitants) was incorporated.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1861 | 1911 | 1921 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 531 | 568 | 557 | 576 | 499 | 618 | 690 | 420 | 359 | 343 | 320 | 348 | 349 | 505 | 537 | 543 | 590 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE; 1793-1821 and from 1836 today's municipal area | |||||||||||||||||
Attractions
- Menhir de la Grande-Pierre , a monument historique since 1993
- former Abbaye du Paraclet abbey , a historic monument since 1925 on the border with the commune of Ferreux-Quincey
- Saint-Aubin village church
- Memorial to the Fallen
Menhir de la Grande Pierre
former Abbey of Le Paraclet
Saint-Aubin village church
Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Aubin
Memorial to the Fallen
meteorite
In 1968 an iron meteorite of type IIIAB weighing around 472 kilograms was found near Saint-Aubin . The meteorite consisted of five fragments that emerged while plowing a field.
Web links
- Location of the municipality
- Brief information about the community
- Saint-Aubin on the IGN side
- Photos of the Saint-Aubin church
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description of the Monument historique (French)
- ↑ Description of the Monument historique (French)
- ↑ Memorial to the Fallen
- ↑ Saint-Aubin. Meteoritical Bulletin, accessed July 8, 2020 .