Avon-la-Pèze

Avon-la-Pèze (French pronunciation: [avɔ̃ la pɛz]) is a commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.

Avon-la-Pèze
Commune
A general view of Avon-la-Pèze
Location of Avon-la-Pèze
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Coordinates: 48°23′23″N 3°39′18″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Nogent-sur-Seine
Canton	Saint-Lyé
Intercommunality	CC Orvin Ardusson
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédéric Hazouard[1]
Area 1	12.7 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	201
• Density	15.8/km2 (41.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	10023 /10290
Elevation	140 m (460 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Avon-la-Pèze is located some 30 km north-west of Troyes and 17 km south by south-west of Romilly-sur-Seine. Access to the commune is by road D440 from Rigny-la-Nonneuse in the north which passes through the centre of the commune and the village before continuing south to Marcilly-le-Hayer. The D23 comes from Avant-les-Marcilly in the north-west passing west through the commune and the village and continuing to Saint-Lupien in the south-east. The D16 branches off the D23 east of the village and goes north-east to Marigny-le-Châtel. There is the hamlet of La Pezé to the north of the village. There is a large forest to the west of the village (the Bois de la Garenne) and the rest of the commune is farmland.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name
	1857	René Gouet
2001	2026	Frédéric Hazouard

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avonnais or Avonnaises in French.^[4]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 333 —     1800 296 −1.67% 1806 302 +0.34% 1821 323 +0.45% 1831 313 −0.31% 1836 328 +0.94% 1841 318 −0.62% 1846 311 −0.44% 1851 310 −0.06% 1856 338 +1.74% 1861 298 −2.49% 1866 291 −0.47% 1872 274 −1.00% 1876 267 −0.64% 1881 257 −0.76% 1886 269 +0.92% 1891 273 +0.30% 1896 323 +3.42%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 240 −5.77% 1906 219 −1.81% 1911 193 −2.50% 1921 174 −1.03% 1926 166 −0.94% 1931 180 +1.63% 1936 190 +1.09% 1946 171 −1.05% 1954 168 −0.22% 1962 157 −0.84% 1968 135 −2.48% 1975 108 −3.14% 1982 115 +0.90% 1990 114 −0.11% 1999 118 +0.38% 2007 166 +4.36% 2012 199 +3.69% 2017 193 −0.61%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

An old fortified farm

Sites and Monuments

The Parish Church once belonged to the Abbey of Pothières in Côte-d'Or. Rebuilt in the 16th century, altered and distorted in the 18th century, it came under Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens.^[7] It contains a large number of items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Statue: Saint Pierre (17th century)^[8]
• A Statuette: Angel (17th century)^[9]
• A Statue: Virgin and child (16th century)^[10]
• A Group sculpture: Virgin of Pity (16th century)^[11]
• A Statue: Saint Fiacre (17th century)^[12]
• A Statue: Saint Éloi (16th century)^[13]
• A Statue: Saint Catherine (16th century)^[14]
• A Retable on the main Altar (1544)^[15]
• A Chalice (19th century)^[16]
• A Paten (1819-1838)^[17]
• A Chalice (1819-1838)^[18]
• A Baptismal font (14th century)^[19]
• A Chandelier (19th century)^[20]
• A Cabinet for Archives (17th century)^[21]
• A Processional Staff: Saint Nicolas (17th century)^[22]
• A Processional Staff: Saint Pierre (17th century)^[23]
• A Statue: Christ on the Cross (16th century)^[24]
• A Statue: Saint Marguerite (16th century)^[25]

• 
  The Church.
• 
  Facade of the Church.
• 
  The Church Tower.
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  Interior of the Church.
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  A Capital in the Church.
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  A recess in the Church.
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  One of the windows in the Church.
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  Statues of Saints.
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  The Statue of the Virgin of Pity

See also

• Communes of the Aube department