Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban

Chateau

Coat of arms
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban

Coordinates: 44°05′39″N 6°00′33″E / 44.0942°N 6.0092°E / 44.0942; 6.0092Coordinates: 44°05′39″N 6°00′33″E / 44.0942°N 6.0092°E / 44.0942; 6.0092
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement Forcalquier
Canton Volonne
Intercommunality Moyenne Durance
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Patrick Martellini
Area1 18.34 km2 (7.08 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 5,270
 • Density 290/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is a commune in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France.

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
YearPop.±%
19625,785—    
19686,532+12.9%
19756,240−4.5%
19825,576−10.6%
19905,109−8.4%
19994,970−2.7%
20085,270+6.0%

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[1] · .[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ (French) Enac / SEFA : La fusion opérationnelle pour le 1er janvier 2011
  2. ↑ (French) Vie des campus
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