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{{short description|Prefecture and commune in Grand Est, France}}

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

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Troyes

|commune status = Prefecture and commune

|image = Troyes centre ville1.JPG

|caption = Buildings in the historic quarter of Troyes

|image flag = Troyes flag.png

|image coat of arms = Coat of Arms of Troyes.svg

|arrondissement = Troyes

|canton = Troyes-1
Troyes-2
Troyes-3
Troyes-4
Troyes-5

|INSEE = 10387

|postal code = 10000

|mayor = François Baroin{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=6 June 2023|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|party = LR

|intercommunality = CA Troyes Champagne Métropole

|coordinates = {{coord|48.2997|4.0792|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 118

|elevation min m = 100

|elevation max m = 126

|area km2 = 13.2

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

|map = Troyes OSM 01.png

}}

File:Troyes altarpiece (detail) Victoria and Albert Museum, London.JPG, London]]

Troyes ({{IPA|fr|tʁwa|-|Fr-Paris--Troyes.ogg}}) is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about {{convert|140|km|mi|abbr=on}} south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near the Orient Forest Regional Natural Park.

Troyes had a population of 61,996 inhabitants in 2018. It is the center of the Communauté d'agglomération Troyes Champagne Métropole, which was home to 170,145 inhabitants.

Troyes developed as early as the Roman era, when it was known as Augustobona Tricassium. It stood at the hub of numerous highways, primarily the Via Agrippa. The city has a rich historical past, from the Tricasses tribe to the liberation of the city on 25 August 1944 during the Second World War, including the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, the Council of Troyes, the marriage of Henry V and Catherine of France, and the Champagne fairs to which merchants came from all over Christendom. The city has a rich architectural and urban heritage: many buildings are protected as historical monuments, including the half-timbered houses (mainly of the 16th century) that survived in the old town. They have contributed to Troyes being designated as a City of Art and History.

Manufacturing of textiles, developed from the 18th century onwards, was a chief part of Troyes' economy until the 1960s. Today, Troyes is the European capital of factory outlets and trading, and has three brand centers.

History

{{see also|Timeline of Troyes}}

{{For|the ecclesiastical history|Roman Catholic Diocese of Troyes}}

Prehistoric evidence found in the Troyes area suggests that the settlement may have developed as early as 600 BC. Celtic grave-mounds have been found near the city, and Celtic artifacts have been excavated within the city grounds."L'énigme de la Tombe Celte" (arte, French): 1 h 13 min 02 sec and following. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2a0w6dQAn0

In the Roman era, Troyes was known as Augustobona Tricassium. Numerous highways intersected here, primarily the Via Agrippa, which led north to Reims and south to Langres, and eventually to Milan.Traces of the Roman paving have been found {{convert|3|m|2|abbr=on}} below the rue de la Ciré.([http://vieuxtroyes.free.fr/t/balada.htm "Balades dans l'histoire du vieux Troyes"]) Other Roman routes from Troyes led to Poitiers, Autun and Orléans.[http://icarus.umkc.edu/sandbox/perseus/pecs/page.516.a.php Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites]

It was the civitas of the Tricasses people,Ptolemy, Geography 8.13, mentions the Tricasses and their city Augustobona. whom Augustus separated from the Senones. Of the Gallo-Roman city of the early Roman Empire, some scattered remains have been found, but no public monuments, other than traces of an aqueduct. By the late Empire the settlement had reduced in extent. It was referred to as Tricassium or Tricassae, the origin of French {{lang | fr | Troyes}}.

From the fourth century AD, the people had become Christian and the Church made the city the seat of a bishop. The legend of its bishop Lupus (Loup), who allegedly saved the city from Attila in 451 by offering himself as hostage, is hagiographic rather than historical.Attwater, Donald. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints, (1945) Reprint: 1981, p. 223. A disciple of Saint Lupus, Aventinus (Saint Aventin of Troyes, died 537) founded a monastery at Troyes.

{{cite book

|last1 = Baudoin

|first1 = Jacques

|year = 2006

|title = Grand livre des saints: culte et iconographie en Occident

|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6Hwa38EjyoAC

|language = fr

|publication-place = Nonette

|publisher = EDITIONS CREER

|page = 112

|isbn = 9782848190419

|access-date = 12 November 2023

|quote = Saint Aventin de Troyes (Aventinus, 4 février) Ermite natif de Bourges, attiré en Champagne par la réputation de saint Loup de Troyes († 479). Il avait installé à Troyes une communauté monastique. En 525, il racheta de l'esclavage Fidole (saint Phal), à qui il confia son monastère, et il se retira en ermite a l'Isle-au-Mont, ou il mourut en 537.

}}

It was several centuries before Troyes gained importance as a medieval centre of commerce.

The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, also called the Battle of Troyes, took place nearby in 451 AD: the Roman general Flavius Aetius and the Visigothic king Theodoric I fought against Attila.

The early cathedral occupied the site of the current one. Here Louis the Stammerer in 878 received the crown of West Francia from Pope John VIII. At the end of the ninth century, following depredations of the city by Normans, the counts of Champagne chose Troyes as their capital. It remained the capital of the Province of Champagne until the Revolution of the late eighteenth century. The Abbey of Saint-Loup developed a renowned library and scriptorium.

During the Middle Ages, Troyes functioned as an important international trading town. It was the namesake of troy weight for gold - a standard of measurement developed here.{{cite book|last1= Lloyd|first1= John|last2= Mitchison|first2= John|title= The Second Book of General Ignorance |edition= First|year= 2010|publisher= Faber and Faber Ltd|location= London|isbn= 978-0-571-26965-5|page= 71}} The Champagne cloth fairs and the revival of long-distance trade, together with new extension of coinage and credit, were the drivers of the medieval economy of Troyes.

In 1040, Shlomo Yitzchaki, better known as Rashi, was born in Troyes. The rabbi and philosopher, a prominent commentator on the Bible and the Talmud, established an influential school of Jewish thought in the city.

In 1285, when King Philip the Fair united Champagne to the French royal domain, the town kept a number of its traditional privileges. John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and ally of the English during the Hundred Years War, in 1417 worked to have Troyes designated as the capital of France. He came to an understanding with Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of King Charles VI of France, for the establishment at Troyes of a court, council, and parlement with comptroller's offices.

On 21 May 1420, the Treaty of Troyes was signed in this city, still under control of the Burgundians, by which King Henry V of England was betrothed to Catherine, daughter of Charles VI. Under the terms of the treaty, Henry V, rather than the Dauphin, was to succeed Charles as King of France. The high-water mark of Plantagenet hegemony in France was reversed in 1429 when the Dauphin (afterwards King Charles VII) and Joan of Arc re-established French control of the town of Troyes by armed conflict (Siege of Troyes).

File:Maison Commune - Hôtel de Ville, Troyes 20140509 1.jpg]]

The great fire of 1524 destroyed much of the medieval city, although the city had numerous canals separating sections.

During the repression of January and February 1894, the police conducted raids targeting the anarchists living there, without much success.{{Cite news |date=3 January 1894 |title=Les anarchistes |trans-title=The anarchists |work=La Dépêche |pages=2}}{{Cite journal |date=2 January 1894 |title=Deux mille perquisitions |journal=L'Estafette |pages=2}}{{Cite news |date=3 January 1894 |title=Une série générale de perquisitions : résultat négatif des recherches |trans-title=A general series of raids: negative results |work=L'Éclair}}

Main sights

File:Baptême Cathédrale de Troyes 290308.jpg

  • Many half-timbered houses (mainly of the 16th century) survive in the old town.
  • Hôtels particuliers (mansions) of the old town
  • The Hôtel de Ville on Place Alexandre Israël, is an urbane example of the style Louis XIII. On the central corps de logis, which contains the main reception rooms, its cornice is rhythmically broken forward over paired Corinthian columns; these are supported below by strong clustered pilasters. Above the entrance door the statue of Louis XIV was pulled out of its niche and smashed in 1793, during the Reign of Terror at the height of the French Revolution; it was replaced in the nineteenth century with the present Helmeted Minerva and the device in its original form. It is now rare to see "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité, ou la Mort". In the Salle du Conseil (Council Chamber) a marble medallion of Louis XIV (1690) by François Girardon, born at Troyes, survived the destruction unscathed.{{cite web|url=https://www.aube-champagne.com/en/poi/hotel-de-ville-de-troyes-2/|title=Hôtel de Ville de Troyes|publisher=Aube-Champagne|access-date=25 November 2024}}

=Museums=

  • Museum of Modern Art (Musée d'Art Moderne)
  • Maison de l'outil et de la pensée ouvrière
  • Vauluisant Museum :
  • Historical museum of Troyes and Champagne-Ardenne
  • Museum of hosiery
  • Hôtel-Dieu-Lecomte apothecary
  • Saint-Loup Museum (museum of fine arts)
  • Di Marco Museum (Open from 1 April to 1 October, each year)

=Churches and synagogues =

File:Troyes Cathédrale St. Pierre et Paul Fassade 1.jpg

Not having suffered from the last wars, Troyes has a high density of old religious buildings grouped close to the city centre. They include:

  • Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul Cathedral
  • Saint-Nizier Church, in Gothic and Renaissance style, with remarkable sculptures. Classified as a Monument Historique (French equivalence) in 1840.
  • The Gothic Saint-Urbain Basilica (thirteenth century), with a roofing covered by polished tiles. It was built by Jacques Pantaléon, who was elected pope in 1261, under the name of Urbain IV, on grounds where his father had a workshop. Classified Monument Historique in 1840. It was proclaimed a basilica in 1964.
  • Sainte-Madeleine Church. Very early Gothic, with east end rebuilt around 1500. Remarkably elaborate stone rood screen of 1508–17 in Flamboyant Gothic style, sculpted by Jean Gailde, with a statue of Saint Martha. Fine Renaissance stained glass. Saint Jean district. Classified Monument historique in 1840.
  • Saint-Jean Church, with a Renaissance chancel, tabernacle of the high altar by Giraudon. On the portal, coat of arms of Charles IX. Classified Monument Historique in 1840.
  • Gothic Saint-Nicolas Church, dating to the beginning of the sixteenth century, with a calvary chapel -shaped rostrum reached by a monumental staircase. On the south portal, two sculptures by François Gentil of David and Isaiah.
  • Saint-Pantaléon Church, with extensive statuary from the sixteenth century.
  • Saint Remy Church, with a 14th-century spire rising to a height of {{convert|60|m|2|abbr=on}}. A 17th-century sundial on its south side bears the Latin inscription sicut umbra dies nostri super terram ("our days on earth pass like a shadow").
  • Church of Saint-Martin-ès-Vignes. It has stained glass windows of the seventeenth century by the local master verrier Linard Gonthier.

Several Troyes churches have sculpture by The Maître de Chaource.

== Jewish Worship ==

File:Troyes synagogue.jpg]]

Jewish worship is conducted in the Rashi Synagogue of Troyes, named in honor of Rabbi Salomon Ben Isaac, known as Rashi, the famous commentator of the Talmud. The current building was constructed on the site of an old abbey from the 16th century and replaced the synagogue destroyed during World War II{{Cite web|url=http://www.judaicultures.info/sites-patrimoine/france-15/Region-Centre/Troyes-en-France|title=Troyes in France - A Millennial Jewish History|website=judaicultures.info|access-date=February 15, 2012}},{{,}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.crdp-reims.fr/cddp10/ressources/mediatheque/dossiers/lieux_cultuels/2.htm|title=Making Sense of the Forms of Places of Worship - The Synagogue|website=crdp-reims.fr|access-date=October 29, 2011}}. The building is in Renaissance style and was restored in the 20th century. It consists of a half-timbered house from the 16th century and another house dating from the 18th century (Louis XV style).{{Cite book |author1=Didier Guy |author2=Patrick Dupré |title=Troyes en Champagne |location=Troyes |publisher=La Maison du Boulanger |year= |page=124 |isbn=978-2-913052-21-5}} A cultural center has also been established.{{cite web|access-date=29 October 2011 |title=Donner sens aux formes des lieux cultuels - La synagogue |url=http://www.crdp-reims.fr/cddp10/ressources/mediatheque/dossiers/lieux_cultuels/2.htm |website=crdp-reims.fr}}

Recent renovations were undertaken to restore the synagogue to reflect the spirit of Rashi of Troyes' time. The inauguration took place on {{date|September 4, 2016}}, in the presence of Haim Korsia, the Chief Rabbi of France.{{Cite news|language=fr|author1=I.F. with R. Doumergue|title=Troyes: the Restored Synagogue Was Inaugurated|journal=France 3 Region|date=September 4, 2016|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/aube/troyes/troyes-la-synogogue-restauree-ete-inauguree-1078009.html|pages=}}.

Climate

{{Weather box

|collapsed= y

|location = Troyes (1991–2020 averages)

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

|Jan record high C = 16.2

|Feb record high C = 22.1

|Mar record high C = 26.1

|Apr record high C = 29.2

|May record high C = 33.3

|Jun record high C = 38.4

|Jul record high C = 41.8

|Aug record high C = 40.6

|Sep record high C = 35.0

|Oct record high C = 30.3

|Nov record high C = 23.0

|Dec record high C = 19.0

|year record high C = 41.8

|Jan high C = 6.8

|Feb high C = 8.2

|Mar high C = 12.5

|Apr high C = 16.2

|May high C = 19.9

|Jun high C = 23.5

|Jul high C = 26.2

|Aug high C = 26.0

|Sep high C = 21.6

|Oct high C = 16.6

|Nov high C = 10.6

|Dec high C = 7.4

|year high C = 16.3

|Jan low C = 0.5

|Feb low C = 0.3

|Mar low C = 2.2

|Apr low C = 4.2

|May low C = 8.1

|Jun low C = 11.3

|Jul low C = 13.4

|Aug low C = 13.2

|Sep low C = 9.8

|Oct low C = 7.2

|Nov low C = 3.5

|Dec low C = 1.3

|year low C = 6.3

|Jan record low C = -23.0

|Feb record low C = -17.6

|Mar record low C = -15.4

|Apr record low C = -6.2

|May record low C = -2.0

|Jun record low C = 0.4

|Jul record low C = 3.1

|Aug record low C = 3.0

|Sep record low C = -0.4

|Oct record low C = -7.0

|Nov record low C = -11.1

|Dec record low C = -18.0

|year record low C = -23.0

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 48.2

|Feb precipitation mm = 44.2

|Mar precipitation mm = 45.9

|Apr precipitation mm = 48.3

|May precipitation mm = 64.9

|Jun precipitation mm = 52.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 56.4

|Aug precipitation mm = 53.9

|Sep precipitation mm = 52.4

|Oct precipitation mm = 63.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 55.3

|Dec precipitation mm = 58.9

|year precipitation mm = 644.6

|Jan precipitation days = 10.5

|Feb precipitation days = 9.7

|Mar precipitation days = 9.5

|Apr precipitation days = 9.4

|May precipitation days = 10.2

|Jun precipitation days = 8.7

|Jul precipitation days = 7.9

|Aug precipitation days = 7.7

|Sep precipitation days = 7.9

|Oct precipitation days = 9.7

|Nov precipitation days = 10.2

|Dec precipitation days = 11.5

|year precipitation days = 112.9

|Jan sun = 63.1

|Feb sun = 90.4

|Mar sun = 148.3

|Apr sun = 190.0

|May sun = 216.4

|Jun sun = 230.8

|Jul sun = 242.2

|Aug sun = 232.0

|Sep sun = 185.7

|Oct sun = 125.4

|Nov sun = 69.8

|Dec sun = 57.4

|year sun = 1851.4

|source 1= Météo France{{cite web

| url = http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/troyes/10030001/normales

| title = Données climatiques de la station de Troyes

| publisher = Meteo France

| language = fr

| access-date = 4 January 2016

| archive-date = 2 June 2019

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190602063020/http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/troyes/10030001/normales

| url-status = dead

}}{{cite web

| url = http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/champagne-ardenne/regi21/normales

| title = Climat Champagne-Ardenne

| publisher = Meteo France

| language = fr

| access-date = 4 January 2016

| archive-date = 25 February 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180225073421/http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/champagne-ardenne/regi21/normales

| url-status = dead

}}

}}

{{Weather box

|location= Troyes (2005-2020 averages)

|collapsed= y

|metric first=yes

|single line=yes

|Jan high C= 6.6

|Feb high C= 8.2

|Mar high C= 12.3

|Apr high C= 17.1

|May high C= 20.1

|Jun high C= 24.1

|Jul high C= 26.8

|Aug high C= 25.7

|Sep high C= 22.2

|Oct high C= 17.1

|Nov high C= 11.1

|Dec high C= 7.4

|year high C= 16.6

|Jan mean C= 3.9

|Feb mean C= 4.5

|Mar mean C= 7.2

|Apr mean C= 10.9

|May mean C= 14.2

|Jun mean C= 17.9

|Jul mean C= 20.3

|Aug mean C= 19.4

|Sep mean C= 16.1

|Oct mean C= 12.5

|Nov mean C= 7.7

|Dec mean C= 4.6

|year mean C= 11.6

|Jan low C= 1.1

|Feb low C= 0.7

|Mar low C= 2.2

|Apr low C= 4.6

|May low C= 8.4

|Jun low C= 11.7

|Jul low C= 13.8

|Aug low C= 13.1

|Sep low C= 9.9

|Oct low C= 7.8

|Nov low C= 4.3

|Dec low C= 1.8

|year low C= 6.6

|Jan sun= 64.7

|Feb sun= 92.4

|Mar sun= 151.1

|Apr sun= 204.7

|May sun= 211.4

|Jun sun= 235.4

|Jul sun= 252.3

|Aug sun= 225.1

|Sep sun= 194.6

|Oct sun= 129.1

|Nov sun= 69.3

|Dec sun= 62.6

|date=December 2024}}

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are called Troyens.

{{Historical populations

| align = none

| cols = 2

| percentages = pagr

| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|38334|Troyes}} and INSEE (1968–2021)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-10387#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

| graph-pos = bottom

|1793 |26751

|1800 |24061

|1806 |27196

|1821 |25078

|1831 |23740

|1836 |25563

|1841 |25469

|1846 |25702

|1851 |27376

|1856 |33071

|1861 |34613

|1866 |35678

|1872 |38113

|1876 |41275

|1881 |46067

|1886 |46972

|1891 |50330

|1896 |52998

|1901 |53146

|1906 |53447

|1911 |55486

|1921 |55215

|1926 |58321

|1931 |58804

|1936 |57961

|1946 |58805

|1954 |58819

|1962 |67406

|1968 |74898

|1975 |72165

|1982 |63579

|1990 |59255

|1999 |60958

|2007 |61823

|2012 |60009

|2017 |61652

|2021 |62782

}}

Economy

File:Troyes rue Emile Zola maisons pans de bois.jpg

Troyes is home to the production headquarters of Lacoste company, a popular clothing brand. It is also home of chocolatier Pascal Caffet.{{cite web|author=chocolatier |url=http://www.pascal-caffet.com |title=Pascal Caffet, Meilleur Ouvrier de France pâtissier, Champion du monde des métiers du dessert |publisher=Pascal-caffet.com |access-date=2011-09-16}}

Education

The University of Technology of Troyes and the business school Groupe École supérieure de commerce de Troyes are located in Troyes.

Transport

The train station Gare de Troyes offers connections to Paris, Dijon, Mulhouse and several regional destinations. Troyes is at the junction of motorways A5 (Paris – Troyes – Langres) and A26 (Calais – Reims – Troyes). Troyes – Barberey Airport is a small regional airport.

Sport

Troyes is the home of association football club Troyes AC, or ESTAC. In the 2020–21 Ligue 2 season, Troyes were promoted back to Ligue 1 as champions of the division.

In popular culture

  • Troyes (2010) is a board game named after the city, published by Pearl Games, UPlay.it edizioni, and Z-Man Games.{{cite web|website=Board Game Geek|title=Troyes (2010)|url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/73439/troyes}}{{cite web|website=Z-Man Games|title=Troyes (2010)|url=http://zmangames.com/product-details.php?id=1206|access-date=23 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709072027/http://zmangames.com/product-details.php?id=1206|archive-date=9 July 2014|url-status=dead}}

Notable people

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Twin towns

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}

Troyes is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Nos villes jumelles|url=https://www.ville-troyes.fr/decouvrir-troyes/relations-internationales/nos-villes-jumelles/|website=ville-troyes.fr|publisher=Troyes|language=fr|access-date=2019-11-16}}

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See also

References

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Bibliography

{{See also|Timeline of Troyes#Bibliography|l1=Bibliography of the history of Troyes}}

External links

{{Commons category|Troyes}}

  • {{Catholic|wstitle=Troyes}}
  • {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.ville-troyes.fr Troyes city council website]

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