Aube
Aube (French pronunciation: [ob] ⓘ ohb) 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 310,242 inhabitants (2019), Aube is the 74th department in terms of population. The inhabitants of the department are known as Aubois or Auboises.
Aube | |
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Prefecture building of the Aube department in Troyes | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Aube in France | |
| Coordinates: 48°20′N 4°10′E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Prefecture | Troyes |
| Subprefectures | Bar-sur-Aube Nogent-sur-Seine |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Philippe Pichery (DVD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,004 km2 (2,318 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 311,329 |
| • Rank | 74th |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| 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 | |
The department was constituted as it is today by a decree of the National Assembly of 15 January 1790.
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