Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
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Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban | |
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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
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Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is on the River Durance.
Population
Its inhabitants are referred to as Jarlandins.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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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
References
External links
- Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban on the Quid site
- location of Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban and adjoining communes on a map of France (Lion 1906)
- street map of Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban (Mapquest)
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