Aube

{{Short description|Department of France}}

{{Distinguish|text=Aude, the department in south-central France}}

{{Other uses}}

{{Update|date=June 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Aube

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| type = Department of France

| image_skyline = Hôtel de préfecture de l'Aube.JPG

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| image_caption = Prefecture building of the Aube department in Troyes

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = France

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Grand Est

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| seat_type = Prefecture

| seat = Troyes

| parts_type = Subprefectures

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| p1 = Bar-sur-Aube
Nogent-sur-Seine

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| leader_party = DVD

| leader_title = President of the Departmental Council

| leader_name = Philippe Pichery{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/601ef073-d986-4582-8e1a-ed14dc857fba|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=4 May 2022|language=fr}}

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Aube ({{IPA|fr|ob|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Aube.wav}} {{respell|ohb}}) is a French department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France. As with sixty departments in France, this department is named after a river: the Aube. With 310,242 inhabitants (2019),[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011060/dep10.pdf Populations légales 2019: 10 Aube], INSEE Aube is the 74th department in terms of population. The inhabitants of the department are known as Aubois or Auboises.{{Cite web |url=https://www.habitants.fr/index.php |title=Le nom des habitants des communes de France - Habitants |website=www.habitants.fr}}

The department was constituted by a decree of the National Assembly of 15 January 1790.

Geography

= Location =

File:FR-10-Border.JPG

The Aube department is located in the southwest side of the Grand Est region. It borders the departments of Marne in the north (about 130 km long), Haute-Marne to the east (about 100 km long), Côte-d'Or in the southeast (about 45 km long), Yonne in the southwest (about 175 km long), and Seine-et-Marne in the west (about 45 km long).{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DD6e2p4SqksC&pg=PA160|title=Carte archéologique de la Gaule: 10. Aube|first=Laurent|last=Denajar|date=9 July 2017|publisher=Les Editions de la MSH|isbn=9782877540933}}

= Subregions of Aube =

File:Aube regions map-fr.svg

Within the department regions of natural or traditional countryside can be identified as follows:

  • northwest quarter: Champagne crayeuse (chalky Champagne soil)
  • northwestern tip: the Nogentais
  • southwest of Troyes: the Othe region
  • to the south: le Chaourçois
  • to the northeast: the Briennois
  • to the east: the Barrois
  • between Troyes and Barrois: Champagne wetlands

= Communes of Aube =

{{Main|Communes of the Aube department}}

Aube is divided into 431 communes totalling 310,242 inhabitants (2019). The most populous commune is the prefecture Troyes. As of 2019, there are 5 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants:

class=wikitable

! Commune

! Population (2019)

Troyes

| style="text-align: center;" | 61,957

Romilly-sur-Seine

| style="text-align: center;" | 14,480

Saint-André-les-Vergers

| style="text-align: center;" | 12,784

La Chapelle-Saint-Luc

| style="text-align: center;" | 11,741

Sainte-Savine

| style="text-align: center;" | 10,508

All of those communes, except Romilly-sur-Seine, are part of the agglomeration of Troyes.

= Topography and geology =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;width:60%;font-size:95%;"

|+ Altitude of the main towns of Aube

TroyesRomilly-sur-SeineBar-sur-AubeNogent-sur-Seine
Lowest Altitudealign="center"| 100 metresalign="center"|67 metresalign="center"|156 metresalign="center"|60 metres
Highest Altitudealign="center"|126 metresalign="center"| 112 metresalign="center"| 348 metresalign="center"|113 metres
Average Altitudealign="center"| 113 metresalign="center"|90 metresalign="center"| 252 metresalign="center"| 87 metres
Town Hall Altitudealign="center"|107 metresalign="center"| 77 metresalign="center"| 165 metresalign="center"|71 metres

= Hydrography =

File:La Seine à Bar-sur-Seine.JPG at Bar-sur-Seine]]

There are 23 rivers throughout the department,The complete list can be found at Water Courses of Aube {{in lang|fr}} the four main rivers being the Seine, the Aube (tributary of the Seine), the Armance (tributary of the Armançon), and the Vanne (a tributary of the Yonne).

= Forests and lakes =

File:Lac-Temple-Digue.jpg]]

The department has 140,000 hectares of forests.[http://www.aube.pref.gouv.fr/articles/menu-principal/vivre-dans-l-aube/geographie-h178.html Geographical Presentation of the Aube department] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705195236/http://www.aube.pref.gouv.fr/articles/menu-principal/vivre-dans-l-aube/geographie-h178.html |date=5 July 2013 }}, Aube prefecture website, consulted on 22 September 2010 {{in lang|fr}}

Located in the Community of communes of Forests, lakes, and lands in Champagne, the Orient Forest Regional Natural Park was one of the first natural parks created in France.

In the same place, there is the Orient Lake and the Amance and Temple lakes where fishing, recreational water sports, and bathing are available. Each lake specialises in one or more of these activities.

= Climate =

The climate is moderate without intense cold or excessive heat which represents a climate similar to continental and oceanic.

Between 1950 and 1985 the average annual temperature recorded in the department was 10.1 °CReadings from the Météo-France station at Barberey-Saint-Sulpice which is equivalent to the Paris basin and the cities of north-eastern France. The average sunshine hours per year is 1771.

Average annual rainfall is quite high (653.4 mm over 115 days of rain). In general there is more rain in autumn than in winter but rainfall is highest during spring. In contrast summer is the season when rainfall is lowest. There is, however, more rain in the south-east than the north-west.

Snow is relatively infrequent. Prevailing wind is from the west.

{{Meteo France

|Town=Troyes[https://web.archive.org/web/20140903175923/http://www.lameteo.org/index.php/climatologie/1664-normales-climatiques-1981-2010-troyes Data from the Station at Troyes] from 1981 to 2010 {{in lang|fr}}

|Sunshine=1,817

|Rain=645

|Snow=15

|Storm=17

|Fog=38

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{{Weather box

|location = Troyes

|metric first = yes

|single line = yes

|Jan high C = 6.2

|Feb high C = 7.7

|Mar high C = 11.9

|Apr high C = 15.2

|May high C = 19.5

|Jun high C = 22.7

|Jul high C = 25.7

|Aug high C = 25.4

|Sep high C = 21.2

|Oct high C = 16.3

|Nov high C = 10.1

|Dec high C = 6.7

|year high C = 15.7

|Jan mean C = 3.1

|Feb mean C = 3.7

|Mar mean C = 7.0

|Apr mean C = 9.5

|May mean C = 13.7

|Jun mean C = 16.7

|Jul mean C = 19.3

|Aug mean C = 19.0

|Sep mean C = 15.4

|Oct mean C = 11.6

|Nov mean C = 6.6

|Dec mean C = 3.8

|year mean C = 10.8

|Jan low C = -0.1

|Feb low C = -0.3

|Mar low C = 2.0

|Apr low C = 3.7

|May low C = 7.8

|Jun low C = 10.7

|Jul low C = 12.8

|Aug low C = 12.6

|Sep low C = 9.6

|Oct low C = 6.8

|Nov low C = 3.0

|Dec low C = 0.8

|year low C = 5.8

|Jan precipitation mm = 50.5

|Feb precipitation mm = 42.1

|Mar precipitation mm = 47.7

|Apr precipitation mm = 50.9

|May precipitation mm = 61.7

|Jun precipitation mm = 56.6

|Jul precipitation mm = 54.4

|Aug precipitation mm = 52.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 53.3

|Oct precipitation mm = 63.6

|Nov precipitation mm = 51.2

|Dec precipitation mm = 60.6

|year precipitation mm = 644.8

|Jan precipitation days = 10.0

|Feb precipitation days = 8.4

|Mar precipitation days = 10.3

|Apr precipitation days = 9.1

|May precipitation days = 10.1

|Jun precipitation days = 8.6

|Jul precipitation days = 7.2

|Aug precipitation days = 7.0

|Sep precipitation days = 7.5

|Oct precipitation days = 9.6

|Nov precipitation days = 9.8

|Dec precipitation days = 10.6

|year precipitation days = 108.2

|unit precipitation days = 1 mm

|Jan sun = 69

|Feb sun = 88

|Mar sun = 144

|Apr sun = 185

|May sun = 215

|Jun sun = 229

|Jul sun = 235

|Aug sun = 228

|Sep sun = 179

|Oct sun = 124

|Nov sun = 67

|Dec sun = 54

|year sun = 1817

|source 1 = [http://www.lameteo.org/index.php/climatologie/1664-normales-climatiques-1981-2010-troyes Meteorological data for Troyes – 112 m altitude, from 1981 to 2010] January 2015 {{in lang|fr}}

}}

= Channels of communication and transport =

== Road network ==

The department has 150 km of autoroutes, 33 km of national roads, 4,517 km of departmental roads and 2,116 km of local roads.

== Communal transport ==

In the Agglomeration of Troyes TCAT (Transport for the Communes of Troyes) provides a transport network between communes. Unlike many networks that are provided by other operators, the agglomeration community of the city is the owner of the company.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcat.fr/index.php?c=tcat&s=l-entreprise|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315113457/http://www.tcat.fr/index.php?c=tcat&s=l-entreprise|url-status=dead|title=Résultats de recherche l-entreprise - TCAT|archivedate=15 March 2015}} The network currently serves eleven communes including two outside the Troyes agglomeration. Other cities, including Romilly-sur-Seine, have no transport network.[http://www.transbus.org/reseaux/10.html List of Networks in Aube department], Trans'bus, consulted on 20 September 2010 {{in lang|fr}}

Aube also has intercity transport networks. 21 regular bus routes are operated between the major cities of the department. The use of these lines is entrusted to private coaches: Transdev – The Carriers of Aube has 15 routes,{{Cite web|url=https://www.transdev-grandest.fr/implantations|title=Implantations, Ets interurbains et Pôle Régional de Transdev Grand Est|website=www.transdev-grandest.fr}} Keolis Sud Lorraine has 4 routes,[http://keolis-sud-lorraine.com/exec/home.asp?NumRub=2045 Keolis Sud Lorraine] {{in lang|fr}} Procars Champagne has 2 routes,{{Cite web|url=https://www.procars-champagne.fr/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081111150209/http://www.procars-champagne.fr/|url-status=dead|title=ProCars Champagne - Partenaire de tous vos déplacements et voyages. - L'entreprise|archivedate=11 November 2008|website=www.procars-champagne.fr}} Autocars Bardy has one route.{{Cite web|url=http://www.autocars-bardy.com/nos%20lignes_5_MAILLY-LE-CAMP%20%3E%20ARCIS-SUR-AUBE%20%3E%20TROYES|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623235240/http://www.autocars-bardy.com/nos%20lignes_5_MAILLY-LE-CAMP%20%3E%20ARCIS-SUR-AUBE%20%3E%20TROYES|url-status=dead|title=Autocars Bardy|archivedate=23 June 2012}}

== Rail network ==

File:Gare de Troyes.jpg]]

Five railway stations are currently in operation. These are: Nogent-sur-Seine, Romilly-sur-Seine, Troyes, Vendeuvre-sur-Barse, Bar-sur-Aube.

Aube does not have a strong rail coverage. Only one main non-electrified line passes through Aube – the line that connects Paris-Est to Mulhouse.

== Navigable waterways ==

The department has 34.8 km of navigable waterways.[http://www.cg-aube.fr/uploads/Externe/16/23_1298454024_CG-Chiffres-cles-2011_V4.pdf Aube and its budget]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, General Council of Aube, 2011, consulted on 14 May 2011 {{in lang|fr}} The city of Nogent-sur-Seine has two river ports for grain.[https://archive.today/20130628114859/http://www.aube-developpement.com/investir/Notre-territoire/port_aube.php The port of Aube at Nogent-sur-Seine], Aube Développement, consulted on 21 September 2010 {{in lang|fr}}

History

= Early history =

The first inhabitants of Aube were the Tricasses and Lingones with a substantial human settlement around the year 400 BC.

Saints Potentian and Savinian,{{Cite web|url=http://gatinais.monsite.wanadoo.fr/page3.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208102739/http://gatinais.monsite.wanadoo.fr/page3.html|url-status=dead|title=Saint-Potentien and Saint-Savinien, first preachers of the Gospel in Gaul|archivedate=8 February 2008}} Greek priests from Samos, came to preach the gospel from the middle of the 3rd century. Saint Patroclus was one of the first martyrs of the new faith in the year 259. Shortly after Saint Jule and some notables of the city of Tricasses also suffered martyrdom. Nevertheless, as elsewhere, the Christian community became large enough to accommodate a bishop. Saint Amateur was the first in 340. In the year 286 the Bagaudae ravaged the land which forms Aube. Emperor Julian came to Troyes with his army and rescued it.

The territory making up Aube was first attached to France in 843, following the Treaty of Verdun.

= The 12th century and the monasteries =

File:Kloster von Clairvaux, heute Strafanstalt.jpg

Two important monasteries were founded in the department: one at Clairvaux in 1114, created by Bernard of Clairvaux, the other was the Abbey of the Paraclete near Nogent-sur-Seine, by his illustrious rival, Pierre Abélard and of which Héloïse d'Argenteuil was the first abbess. Bernard of Clairvaux was noted for his eloquence at the Council of Troyes and his preaching of the Second Crusade which had no result and whose outcome was disastrous.

The reunion of Champagne with the kingdom of France was finalised in 1361. Yet people wanted absolutely the incorporation of Champagne but in 1328 King Philip VI gave the city of Bar-sur-Seine to Philippe de Croy. The inhabitants, however, ransomed him to return it to the king on the condition that it become inalienable.

= Definitive reunion with Kingdom of France =

The decree of the National Assembly of 15 January 1790 formally established the department of Aube. Its first president was Augustin-Henri-Marie Picot[https://books.google.com/books?id=I0sWAAAAYAAJ Genealogical and Heraldic History of the peers of France], Volume 8, Jean Baptiste Pierre Jullien de Courcelles, 1827 {{in lang|fr}} and his first deputy was Louis Antoine Joseph Robin. Jacques Claude Beugnot was elected attorney-general and also MP.

After the victory of the allies in the battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, the department was occupied by Russian troops from June 1815 to November 1818.

In 1911, following the revolt of the vineyards of Champagne, large riots broke out in the department.

In 1919, a decree allowed Aube department to produce champagne for the first time.[http://arkantz.canalblog.com/archives/regions___tourisme/index.html Regions-Tourism-Arkantz], 2007, consulted on 19 September 2010 {{in lang|fr}}

In 1932, Turkish president Mustafa Kemal Atatürk visited Aube and signed a friendship treaty with France there on 4 July 1938.[http://www.atam.gov.tr/index.php?Page=DergiIcerik&IcerikNo=864 Foreign Policy Of Atatürk]

= Heraldry =

{{Blazon-arms

|img1=Blason département fr Aube.svg

|legend1=Arms of Aube

|text=

Blazon:

Azure, a band argent with two cotises potent and counter potent in Or, chief wavy in argent.

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Politics and administration

= Departmental council =

The departmental council of Aube is located in Troyes. Its president is Philippe Pichery (Miscellaneous right). It includes the 34 councillors of the 17 cantons of Aube. Of these, 32 are from the Right (mainly the UMP), the others are from the Miscellaneous left.

Aube returns three Deputies to the National Assembly, two of whom are from The Republicans (LR), and two Senators: one UMP and one right-wing independent.

= Presidential elections 2nd round =

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colspan="2"|ElectionWinning CandidateParty%2nd Place CandidateParty%
|2022

|Emmanuel Macron

|LREM

|48.32

|Marine Le Pen

|RN

|51.68

style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |

| 2017{{Cite web | url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Presidentielles | title=Présidentielles }}

| Emmanuel Macron

| LREM

| 54.15

| Marine Le Pen

| FN

| 45.85

style="background-color: {{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |

| 2012

| Nicolas Sarkozy

| UMP

| 57.37

| François Hollande

| PS

| 42.63

style="background-color: {{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |

| 2007

| Nicolas Sarkozy

| UMP

| 61.70

| Ségolène Royal

| PS

| 38.30

style="background-color: {{party color|Rally for the Republic}}" |

| 2002

| Jacques Chirac

| RPR

| 76.87

| Jean-Marie Le Pen

| FN

| 23.13

style="background-color: {{party color|Rally for the Republic}}" |

| 1995{{Cite web | url=https://www.politiquemania.com/presidentielles-1995-departement.html | title=Résultats de l'élection présidentielle de 1995 par département - Politiquemania }}

| Jacques Chirac

| RPR

| 55.30

| Lionel Jospin

| PS

| 44.70

=Current National Assembly Representatives=

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ConstituencyMember{{Cite web|url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/|title=Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français|first=Assemblée|last=Nationale|website=Assemblée nationale}}Party
style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |

| Aube's 1st constituency

| Grégory Besson-Moreau

| La République En Marche!

style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |

| Aube's 2nd constituency

| Valérie Bazin-Malgras

| The Republicans

style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |

| Aube's 3rd constituency

| Angélique Ranc

| National Rally

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|+Seats in the Departmental Council by Political Party

PartyAbbrev.No. Members
colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=pink| Left Wing
Socialist Partyalign=center | PSalign=center | 2
Communist Partyalign=center | PCFalign=center | 2
Miscellaneous leftalign=center | DVGalign=center | 1
Europe Ecology – The Greensalign=center | EELValign=center | 1
colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=lightblue| Right Wing
Democratic Movementalign=center | MoDemalign=center | 1
New Centrealign=center | NCalign=center | 2
Miscellaneous rightalign=center | DVDalign=center | 10
Union for a Popular Movementalign=center | UMPalign=center | 13
colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=white| Independent
Independentalign=center | SEalign=center | 1
colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=white| President of the General Council
colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=lightblue|

Demography

Aube is inhabited by 310,242 people with more than a third (137,500 inhabitants) living in the Troyes agglomeration (2019).{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=UU2020-10601+DEP-10|title=Comparateur de territoire − Unité urbaine 2020 de Troyes (10601), Département de l'Aube (10)|publisher=INSEE|access-date=6 July 2022}}

= Demographic change =

In 2017, the department had 310,020 inhabitants.

{{Historical populations

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| cols = 2

| percentages = pagr

| source = SPLAF[http://splaf.free.fr/10his.html Historique de l'Aube], SPLAF and INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=DEP-10 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

| graph-pos = bottom

|1793 |228885

|1800 |231455

|1806 |238819

|1821 |230688

|1831 |246361

|1836 |253870

|1841 |258180

|1846 |261881

|1851 |265247

|1856 |261673

|1861 |262785

|1866 |261951

|1872 |255687

|1876 |255217

|1881 |255326

|1886 |257374

|1891 |255548

|1896 |251435

|1901 |246163

|1906 |243670

|1911 |241036

|1921 |227839

|1926 |238253

|1931 |242596

|1936 |239563

|1946 |235237

|1954 |240797

|1962 |255099

|1968 |270325

|1975 |284823

|1982 |289300

|1990 |289207

|1999 |292131

|2007 |300840

|2012 |305606

|2017 |310020

}}

= Distribution of age groups =

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Aube Department in 2017

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colspan=2 | Aube
Age RangeMenWomen
0 to 14 Years19.417.3
15 to 29 Years17.916.2
30 to 44 Years18.217.4
45 to 59 Years19.919.2
60 to 74 Years17.017.7
75 to 89 Years7.010.3
90 Years+0.71.9

Source: INSEE{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=DEP-10|title=Évolution et structure de la population en 2017 − Recensement de la population – Résultats pour toutes les communes, départements, régions, intercommunalités... | Insee|website=www.insee.fr}}

= Breakdown of population by socio-professional categories =

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|+Population of 15 years or more by sex, age, and socio-professional category

!rowspan="2"|socio-professionnel category

!colspan="2"|2017

!colspan="2"|2007

!colspan="2"|1999

Nb

!%

!Nb

!%

!Nb

!%

Total{{formatnum:253551}}{{formatnum:246346}}{{formatnum:236393}}
Farmers and Farm workers{{formatnum:4319}}1.7{{formatnum:5094}}2.1{{formatnum:5408}}2.3
Artisans, shopkeepers, business managers{{formatnum:7701}}3.0{{formatnum:7232}}2.9{{formatnum:7619}}3.2
Executives and Intellectuals{{formatnum:13896}}5.5{{formatnum:12656}}5.1{{formatnum:9435}}4.0
Intermediate Professions{{formatnum:30540}}12.0{{formatnum:28805}}11.7{{formatnum:24953}}10.6
Employees{{formatnum:41091}}16.2{{formatnum:40276}}16.3{{formatnum:35303}}14.9
Workers{{formatnum:38672}}15.3{{formatnum:43950}}17.8{{formatnum:47771}}20.2
Retirees{{formatnum:75918}}29.9{{formatnum:68138}}27.7{{formatnum:58706}}24.8
Others without occupation{{formatnum:41414}}16.3{{formatnum:40194}}16.3{{formatnum:47198}}20.0
colspan="10"| Source : INSEE Census 2017

Economy

= General =

The economy of Aube has focused on the textile industry since the 19th century. This sector is now in crisis due to the department being in an area of real economic change.

In 2017, the departmental workforce totalled 137,774 with 114,530 persons in employment and 23,244 people unemployed. Men accounted for 51.4% of the active population and women 48.6%.

The Aube department has a high rate of feminization in employment. Nearly half of people with active jobs (48.1% in 2017) are women. The main areas affected by the feminization are trade, transport, textiles, utilities, education, and health. Women are slightly more affected than men by unemployment (51.3% of the unemployed in 2017). This is mainly due to layoffs in the textile sector.

= Employment by sector =

Distribution of Employment by Industry sector (2015)

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! style="background: #F5F5F5; color:#000000;" |Agriculture

! style="background: #F5F5F5; color:#000000;" |Industry

! style="background: #F5F5F5; color:#000000;" |Construction

! style="background: #F5F5F5; color:#000000;" |CommerceIncluding transport and services

! style="background: #F5F5F5; color:#000000;" |Public AdministrationIncluding education, health, and social workers

style="background: #F5F5F5; color:#000000;" |Aube

| style="background: #D1E8FF; color:#000000;" | 3.4%

| style="background: #D1E8FF; color:#000000;" | 17.9%

| style="background: #D1E8FF; color:#000000;" | 6.7%

| style="background: #D1E8FF; color:#000000;" | 39.6%

| style="background: #D1E8FF; color:#000000;" | 32.4%

colspan="7" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;"|Source: INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2011101?geo=DEP-10 Dossier complet: Département de l'Aube (10)], INSEE. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

= Main economic sectors =

== Industry ==

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|+ Large Industrial Companies

|

! scope=col | No. of Employees

scope=row | Petit Bateau (Textiles)

| {{formatnum:1022}}

scope=row | Devanlay (Textiles)

| {{formatnum:1018}}

scope=row | Soufflet (Cereals)

| 874

scope=row | Kléber (Pneumatics)

| 790

scope=row | Vachette (Locks)

| 600

scope=row | Mefro Roues (Wheel rims)

| 584

scope=row | Valco (Furniture)

| 575

scope=row | Petitjean (Public lighting)

| 567

scope=row | Jacquot (Chocolate)

| 550

== Tourism ==

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|+ Accommodations

|

! scope=col | No. Establishments

scope=row | Hotels

| 66

| {{formatnum:1991}} rooms

scope=row | Camping

| 23

| {{formatnum:1618}} places

scope=row | Holiday Cottages

| 310

| {{formatnum:2006}} places

== Agriculture ==

File:Saint-Flavy (Aube) culture du Chanvre.JPG at Saint-Flavy]]

The utilized agricultural area is 379,720 hectares. Aube is the largest producer of hemp; the 2nd largest producer of champagne, cabbage for sauerkraut, medicinal poppies, and alfalfa; the 6th largest producer of potatoes; the 8th largest producer of cereals; and the 9th largest producer of beet in France.

Population and society

= Education =

== Primary and secondary ==

In 2010 elementary and secondary education consisted of:

  • 11,568 students in kindergarten across 136 schools (including 1 private);[http://www.ac-reims.fr/ia10/documents/RS10/1.pdf The first degree in Aube]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, rectory of the Academy of Reims, consulted on 27 October 2010 {{in lang|fr}}
  • 18,465 students in primary school across 255 schools (including 14 private);
  • 12,311 students in college across 34 institutions (including 9 private);[http://www.ac-reims.fr/ia10/documents/RS10/3.pdf The second degree in Aube]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, rectory of the Academy of Reims, consulted on 27 October 2010 {{in lang|fr}}
  • 5,199 students in schools of general education across 10 institutions (including 3 private);
  • 2,666 students in vocational high school across 10 institutions (including 3 private).

== Higher education ==

According to the latest census of the academic inspectorate of Aube in 2009 the department has 8,794 students in higher education.This figure does not take into account students from the National Conservatory of Music in Troyes

;List of Universities and Higher Educational Schools

Public Schools

Private Schools

  • Graduate School of Commerce in Troyes
  • Supinfo

= Health =

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|+Hospitals and Clinics

Type of InstitutionNo. of Institutions
Hospital4
Clinic7

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|+Children's Institutions

Type of InstitutionNo. of Institutions
Child Protection12
Handicapped Children's Centre18

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|+Institutions for Handicapped Adults

Type of InstitutionNo. of Institutions
Institution to help for work8
Businesses adapted for handicapped people2
Professional rehabilitation Centres1
Specialised Foster Homes2
Accommodation Facilities20
Residential Home Care for the autistic2
Home Care2

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|+Institutions for the Elderly

Type of InstitutionNo. of Institutions
Nursing Homes for the Elderly (EHPAD)38
Home Housing10
Long Term Care Units (USLD)5
Group Homes1
Home Care7
Rural Homes for the Elderly1

= Sports =

File:Stade de l'Aube.jpg is the residence of the ES Troyes AC football club.]]

There are 580 clubs and sports associations in the Aube department.[http://www.ddjs10.fr/liste_des_associations Lists of associations, Departmental Directorate of Youth and Sports in Aube] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110118005259/http://www.ddjs10.fr/liste_des_associations |date=18 January 2011 }}, consulted on 23 September 2010 m {{in lang|fr}} The main ones are:

  • ES Troyes AC: soccer club in the French Ligue 1;
  • ETAC Handball: Handball Club at National Level 3;
  • Union Sportive de Sainte Maure Troyes Handball: Women's handball club at National Level 1;
  • Pygargues of Troyes: american football club in Division 2;
  • PLAVB (Troyes): volleyball club at Regional one;
  • SUMA (Troyes): Motoball club of France (one of the most successful) moved to elite since the 1930s;
  • Troyes roller hockey: roller hockey club playing at National Level 2;
  • Espadons (Swordfish )(Troyes): baseball club playing at Regional Level 1;
  • Romilly Association for Sports 10: which includes multiple sections.

= Media =

== Radio ==

At Troyes there are three independent local radio stations:

  • Radio Latitude: that broadcasts programming focused on the dance floor. This was the first local radio station in the department. It broadcasts from Troyes, Romilly-sur-Seine, and Vendeuvre-sur-Barse
  • Theme Radio: community radio broadcasting music and information flashes
  • Troyes Campus radio: rock music oriented radio and sometimes rap

At Romilly-sur-Seine, in addition to Latitude Radio, there is a local independent radio broadcaster: Radio Aube et Seine.

French Christian Radio (RCF) Aube is located in the department.

== Television ==

  • Canal 32: television network with a local Troyes and department station
  • France 3 Aube (France 3 Lorraine Champagne-Ardenne)

== Daily newspapers ==

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|+

! Name

Placeclass="unsortable"|Distribution AreaPress GroupCirculationCirculation is weekly in 2008, [http://www.ojd.com/engine/adhchif/adhe_list.php?mode=chif&cat=1771&subcat=354 OJD] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091110033834/http://www.ojd.com/engine/adhchif/adhe_list.php?mode=chif&cat=1771&subcat=354 |date=10 November 2009 }}
L'Est-ÉclairSaint-André-les-Vergers (agglomération de Troyes)AubeGroupe Hersant Média{{formatnum:27948}}
Libération ChampagneTroyesAubeGroupe Hersant Média{{formatnum:6395}}

= Justice =

All Aube jurisdictions are located in Troyes. The city has a Tribunal d'instance and a High Court, a commercial court and an Employment Tribunal for civil and criminal jurisdictions. There is also a Correctional court and a Juvenile court.

Appeals, however, are passed to the Court of Appeal in Reims.[http://www.taxe.com/index-adresse.tribunal-aube-troyes~10387.html Competent Jurisdictions for the commune of Troyes], consulted on 2 July 2010 {{in lang|fr}}

= Waste management =

Aube currently has two storage facilities for radioactive waste:

  • Storage Centre for Very Low Activity Waste (CSTFA)
  • Storage Centre for Low and Medium Activity Waste (CSFMA)

Culture and heritage

= Cultural venues =

== Theatres and concerts ==

  • The Cube – in the Parc des Expositions in Troyes
  • Champagne Theatre
  • Théâtre of la Madeleine
  • Argence space

== Cinemas ==

The four main theatres are:

== Cultural festivities ==

  • Festival in Othe
  • Aube Templiers 2012 event

== Gastronomy ==

File:Andouillette de Troyes.jpg from Troyes.]]

= Monuments and tourist sites =

File:Château de La Motte-Tilly.jpg

The Aube has 365 historical monuments of which 144 are classified, and 221 are enrolled.[http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/content/download/25328/212586/file/04-Patrimoine-architecture-2012.pdf Heritage and Architecture – Figures for 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916154829/http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/content/download/25328/212586/file/04-Patrimoine-architecture-2012.pdf |date=16 September 2012 }}, Ministry of Culture and Communication, consulted on 7 June 2012 {{in lang|fr}}

== Castles ==

== Museums ==

File:Aix en Othe Baltard.jpg

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== Other historic sites ==

File:Hôtel de ville de Troyes facade.jpg]]

= Tourist places =

File:Grande Place in Troyes, France.jpg|Troyes

File:TroyesCathedrale.JPG|Troyes Cathedral

File:Aix en Othe Baltard.jpg|Aix-en-Othe

File:Kloster von Clairvaux, heute Strafanstalt.jpg|Clairvaux Abbey

File:Bar-sur-Aube Marcasselles.jpg|Bar-sur-Aube

Notable people linked to the department

File:GeorgesDantonSignature.jpg

See also

Notes

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References

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