| Aube | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 10 |
| Region: | Champagne-Ardenne |
| Prefecture: | Troyes |
| Subprefectures: | Bar-sur-Aube Nogent-sur-Seine |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 33 |
| Communes: | 433 |
| President of the General Council: | Philippe Adnot Miscellaneous Right-wing |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 74th |
| -1999 | 292,131 |
| Population density: | 49/km² |
| Land area¹: | 6004 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Champagne-Ardenne is one of the 26 regions of France. history and geogaphyChampagne-Ardenne is a region located in the northeast of France bordering Belgium A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Troyes (tʁwa is a commune, the préfecture (capital of the northeastern Aube département in France and is Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Bar-sur-Aube is a commune of France in the Aube department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Nogent-sur-Seine is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 3 arrondissements of the Aube department are Arrondissement of Bar-sur-Aube, ( subprefecture: Bar-sur-Aube The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 33 cantons of the Aube department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is a list of the 433 communes of the Aube département in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
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Aube is a department in the northeastern part of France named after the Aube River. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Aube is a River in France, right Tributary of the Seine. It is 248 km long In 1995, its population was 293,100 inhabitants.
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History
Aube is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year It was created from part of the former province of Champagne. The Kingdom of France was organised into Provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département Champagne is a historic province in the northeast of France, best known for the production of the sparkling white wine that bears the region's name
Aube is perhaps best known for the 1932 visit of the late Turkish president Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who signed a friendship treaty with France there. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (19 May 1881 &ndash 10 November 1938 was an army officer revolutionary Statesman
Geography
The department is part of the current region of Champagne-Ardenne. Champagne-Ardenne is one of the 26 regions of France. history and geogaphyChampagne-Ardenne is a region located in the northeast of France bordering Belgium It is surrounded by the departments of Marne, Haute-Marne, Côte-d'Or, Yonne, and Seine-et-Marne. Marne is a department in north-eastern France named after the Marne River which flows through the department Haute-Marne is a department in the northeast of France named after the Marne River. Côte-d'Or is a department in the eastern part of France. History Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Yonne is a French department named after the Yonne River. It is one of the four constituent departments of Bourgogne (Burgundy in eastern France Seine-et-Marne is a French department, named after the Seine and Marne rivers and located in the Île-de-France region
The geography, with its chalky soil and undulating plain, is well adapted to wine-growing, particularly the champagne that takes its name from the region.
Culture
Clairvaux Abbey is located 15 km from Bar-sur-Aube. Clairvaux Abbey ( Clara Vallis in Latin a Cistercian Monastery, was founded in 1115 by St A cheese is named after the village of Chaource. Cheese is a Food made from Milk, usually the milk of cows, Buffalo, Goats or sheep, by coagulation. Chaource is a village and commune in the Aube département, in France.
See also
- Cantons of the Aube department
- Communes of the Aube department
- Arrondissements of the Aube department
External links
- (French) Prefecture website
- (English) General Council website
- (English) Aube at the Open Directory Project
- (English) Aube Tourism Guide (full english)
- (French) Official Tourism website
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