Aube
| Aube | |||
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Prefecture building of the Aube department, in Troyes
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 Location of Aube in France |
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| Coordinates: 48°20′N 4°10′E / 48.333°N 4.167°ECoordinates: 48°20′N 4°10′E / 48.333°N 4.167°E | |||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Grand Est | ||
| Prefecture | Troyes | ||
| Subprefectures |
Bar-sur-Aube Nogent-sur-Seine |
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| Government | |||
| • President of the General Council | Philippe Adnot (DVD) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 6,004 km2 (2,318 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total | 306,581 | ||
| • Rank | 75th | ||
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Department number | 10 | ||
| Arrondissements | 3 | ||
| Cantons | 17 | ||
| Communes | 431 | ||
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |||
Aube (French pronunciation: [ob]) is a French department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France. As with sixty departments in France, this department is named after a river: the Aube. With 305,606 inhabitants (2012), Aube is 76th department in terms of population. The inhabitants of the department are known as Aubois or Auboises
The department was constituted as it is today by a decree of the National Assembly of 15 January 1790.
The Aube department is located in the south-west side of the Grand Est region. It borders the departments of Marne in the north (about 130 km long), Haute-Marne to the east (about 100 km long), Côte-d'Or in the south-east (about 45 km long), Yonne in the south-west (about 175 km long), and Seine-et-Marne in the west (about 45 km long).
Within the department regions of natural or traditional countryside can be identified as follows:
Aube is divided into 431 communes totalling 308,503 inhabitants. Major cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants) are:
They are mostly located in the centre of the department. Four of those five cities are part of the Agglomeration of Troyes.
There are 23 rivers throughout the department, the four main rivers being the Seine, the Aube (tributary of the Seine), the Armance (tributary of the Armançon), and the Vanne (a tributary of the Yonne).
The department has 140,000 hectares of forests.
Located in the Community of communes of Forests, lakes, and lands in Champagne, the Orient Forest Regional Natural Park was one of the first natural parks created in France.
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