Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban

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.

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban Castèl-Arnós e Sant Auban (Occitan)
Commune
Chateau
Coat of arms
Location of Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
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Coordinates: 44°05′39″N 6°00′33″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Digne-les-Bains
Canton	Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
Intercommunality	CA Provence-Alpes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	René Villard[1]
Area 1	18.34 km2 (7.08 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,095
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	04049 /04160
Elevation	403–742 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.

History

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

Geography

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban and surrounding districts

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

Population

Its inhabitants are referred to as Jarlandins.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% 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

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

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

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department