Arsonval

Arsonval (French pronunciation: [aʁsɔ̃val]) is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.

Arsonval
Commune
The church in Arsonval
Location of Arsonval
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Coordinates: 48°16′07″N 4°39′04″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Bar-sur-Aube
Canton	Bar-sur-Aube
Intercommunality	CC Région Bar-sur-Aube
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Mikaël Geoffroy[1]
Area 1	7.58 km2 (2.93 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	289
• Density	38.1/km2 (98.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	10012 /10200
Elevation	159 m (522 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It lies on the right bank of the river Aube, about 30 miles (48 km) east of Troyes. It has a church dating from the twelfth century.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	273	—
1968	280	+2.6%
1975	320	+14.3%
1982	388	+21.2%
1990	365	−5.9%
1999	331	−9.3%
2008	338	+2.1%
2015	329	−2.7%

Personalities

• Victor-Eugène Ardouin-Dumazet (born in 1852, died in 1940 at Arsonval) : journalist, author of "Voyage en France", tourist guides (in 60 volumes).

See also

• Communes of the Aube department
• Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval inventor of the d'Arsonval Galvanometer