Aube
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Not to be confused with Aude, the department in south-central France.
For other uses, see Aube (disambiguation).
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),[3] Aube is the 74th department in terms of population. The inhabitants of the department are known as Aubois or Auboises.[4]
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Aube | |
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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[1] (DVD) |
Area | |
• Total | 6,004 km2 (2,318 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• 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 |
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The department was constituted as it is today by a decree of the National Assembly of 15 January 1790.