Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
Castèl-Arnós e Sant Auban (Occitan)
Chateau
Chateau
Coat of arms of Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
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Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is located in France
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
Coordinates: 44°05′39″N 6°00′33″E / 44.0942°N 6.0092°E / 44.0942; 6.0092
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-de-Haute-Provence
ArrondissementDigne-les-Bains
CantonChâteau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
IntercommunalityCA Provence-Alpes
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) René Villard[1]
Area
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18.34 km2 (7.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
5,082
 • Density280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
04049 /04160
Elevation403–742 m (1,322–2,434 ft)
(avg. 440 m or 1,440 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban (French: [ʃɑto aʁnu sɛ̃t‿obɑ̃]; Occitan: Castèl-Arnós e Sant Auban, before 1991: Château-Arnoux)[3] is a commune in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France.

History

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Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is on the Route Napoléon, the route taken by Napoléon in 1815 on his return from Elba.

Geography

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Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban and surrounding districts

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is on the river Durance.

Population

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Its inhabitants are referred to as Jarlandins.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 6,532—    
1975 6,240−0.65%
1982 5,576−1.59%
1990 5,109−1.09%
1999 4,970−0.31%
2007 5,148+0.44%
2012 5,184+0.14%
2017 5,139−0.17%
Source: INSEE[4]

Sights

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Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban has one of the French pacifist monuments to the dead, which reads: "war is a crime".

The airfield is "Le Centre National de Vol à Voile", the French national centre for the sport of gliding.

Education

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A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile is located in the commune.[5][6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Décret du 13 décembre 1991 portant changement de nom de communes, Légifrance.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ (in French) Enac / SEFA : La fusion opérationnelle pour le 1er janvier 2011
  6. ^ (in French) Vie des campus Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine