Bar-sur-Aube
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Location within Grand Est region
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| Coordinates: 48°16′N 4°43′E / 48.27°N 4.72°ECoordinates: 48°16′N 4°43′E / 48.27°N 4.72°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Aube | |
| Arrondissement | Bar-sur-Aube | |
| Canton | Bar-sur-Aube | |
| Intercommunality | Bar-sur-Aube | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Philippe Borde | |
| Area1 | 16.27 km2 (6.28 sq mi) | |
| Population (2010)2 | 5,259 | |
| • Density | 320/km2 (840/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 10033 / 10200 | |
| Elevation | 156–348 m (512–1,142 ft) (avg. 166 m or 545 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Bar-sur-Aube (French: [baʁ syʁ ob]) is a French commune and a sub-prefecture in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of France.
Surrounded by hills and Champagne vineyards, the city is traversed by the river Aube, from which it derives its name.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Baralbins or Baralbines and Barsuraubois or Barsurauboises.
The commune has been awarded three flowers by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.
Bar-sur-Aube is located some 30 km west by north-west of Chaumont and 25 km south-east of Brienne-le-Château. Access to the commune is by the D619 road from Ailleville in the north-west which passes through the centre of the commune and the town before continuing east to Lignol-le-Château. The D396 branches off the D619 south-east of the town and goes south to Juvancourt. The D4 goes south-west from the town to Couvignon. The D13 comes from Fontaine in the south and passes through the town before continuing north-east to Colombé-la-Fosse. The D384 goes north to Ville-sur-Terre while the D73 branches off it in the town and goes to Arrentières. in the north. The TER Champagne-Ardenne Troyes to Chalindrey railway passes through the commune coming from Vendeuvre-sur-Barse to the west to Bricon in the south-east with a station in the town. With a substantial urban area in the west and some forest in the south the commune is mostly farmland.
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