Arcis-sur-Aube

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Coordinates: 48°32′05″N 4°08′23″E / 48.5347222222, 4.13972222222

Commune of Arcis-sur-Aube

Location
Arcis-sur-Aube (France)
Arcis-sur-Aube
Administration
Country France
Region Champagne-Ardenne
Department Aube
Arrondissement Troyes
Canton Arcis-sur-Aube
Intercommunality Arcis-sur-Aube
Mayor Serge Lardin
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation m–m
(avg. 92 m)
Land area¹ 9.49 km²
Population²
(1999)
2,841
 - Density 299/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 10006/ 10700
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Arcis-sur-Aube is a commune in the Aube département in France, 17 miles or 27 km north of Troyes.

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[edit] History

The Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube was fought there on March 21, 1814.

[edit] Demographics

Change in Population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
2856 3213 3390 3216 2855 2841
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting — residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.


[edit] Industries

Besides many big farms producing all sorts of cereals, the sugar industry has a big plant there: Cristal Union

[edit] Miscellaneous

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