Verrières (Aube)

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Verrières
Verrières coat of arms
Verrières (France)
Verrières
region Grand Est
Department Aube
Arrondissement Troyes
Canton Vendeuvre-sur-Barse
Community association Troyes Champagne Métropole
Coordinates 48 ° 14 '  N , 4 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '  N , 4 ° 9'  E
height 111-138 m
surface 10.12 km 2
Residents 1,870 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 185 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 10390
INSEE code
Website http://www.verrieres-aube.com/

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Verrières is a French commune with 1,870 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aube department in the Grand Est region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Troyes and is part of the canton of Vendeuvre-sur-Barse (until 2015: canton of Lusigny-sur-Barse ). The inhabitants are called Verrichons .

The localities of Saint-Martin , Saint-Aventin and Verrières belong to the municipality.

geography

Verrières is located about nine kilometers southeast of Troyes on the Seine . Verrières is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Rouilly-Saint-Loup in the north, Montaulin in the east and northeast, Clérey in the southeast, Saint-Thibault in the south and southwest and Buchères in the west.

The A5 car route runs through the municipality and the A26 car route along the eastern edge .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 436 453 526 1,414 1,728 1,724 1,692 1,812
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church
  • former castle and chapel of Saint-Aventin
  • Old headquarters of the Knights Templar
  • Grange La Bretonnière
  • Mill from 1777
  • Merovingian necropolis

Web links

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