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Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
Chateau
Coat of arms
Location of Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
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
Area ¹	18.34 km² (7.08 sq mi)
Population (2008)	5,270
• Density	290/km² (740/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.

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
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	5,785	—
1968	6,532	+12.9%
1975	6,240	−4.5%
1982	5,576	−10.6%
1990	5,109	−8.4%
1999	4,970	−2.7%
2008	5,270	+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

Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

References

INSEE

External links

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Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

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