Vosnon

Vosnon
region	Grand Est
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Troyes
Canton	Aix-en-Othe
Community association	Chaourçois and Val d'Armance
Coordinates	48 ° 6 ′  N , 3 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′  N , 3 ° 51 ′  E
height	158-300 m
surface	12.83 km 2
Residents	233 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	18 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	10130
INSEE code	10441
Saint Blaise Church

Vosnon is a French commune with 233 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aube department in the Grand Est region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Troyes and the canton of Aix-en-Othe .

geography

Vosnon is located about 30 kilometers southwest of Troyes on the border with the neighboring Yonne department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region . The neighboring municipalities are: in the north-west Nogent-en-Othe , in the north Maraye-en-Othe , in the north-east Eaux-Puiseaux , in the south-east Ervy-le-Châtel , in the south Villeneuve-au-Chemin , in the south-west Coursan-en-Othe and to the west Sormery (Dép. Yonne).

The community area is 12.3 km².

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2016
Residents	207	108	149	114	135	165	195	231

Attractions

Sights include the Saint-Blaise church and the house of the late André Gorz .

Personalities

• André Gorz (1923–2007), philosopher and co-founder of the magazine Nouvel Observateur , lived there from 1984 until his death in 2007.
• Pierre Roch Vigneron (1789–1872), painter born in Vosnon, whose paintings Napoléon 1er à cheval can be found in the Museum Tarbes or La Prize de Missolonghi in the Museum Bagnères-de-Bigorre .

Web links

Commons : Vosnon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Vosnon on the Insee website (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ La prize de Missolonghi Collection: Les Orientalistes , Musée des Beaux-Arts Salies, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, accessed March 19, 2015 (French)