Aubière

Aubière
Commune

Town hall
Aubière

Coordinates: 45°45′06″N 3°06′42″E / 45.7517°N 3.1117°E / 45.7517; 3.1117Coordinates: 45°45′06″N 3°06′42″E / 45.7517°N 3.1117°E / 45.7517; 3.1117
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement Clermont-Ferrand
Canton Aubière
Intercommunality Clermont Auvergne Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Christian Sinsard
Area1 7.65 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 9,536
 • Density 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 63014 /63170
Elevation 343–467 m (1,125–1,532 ft)
Website http://www.ville-aubiere.com

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.

Aubière is a suburb of Clermont-Ferrand, a town and commune in France, in the Massif Central. Its inhabitants are called “Aubiérois(es)”.

Ramacles Square in Aubière

Geography

Location

Aubière is located in the south-east of Clermont-Ferrand (3.7 km),[1] in the center of Puy-de-Dôme. It borders other villages in Clermont, such as: Beaumont, Romagnat, Pérignat-lès-Sarliève, and Cournon-d'Auvergne.

Aubière has a large shopping mall named Plein Sud, and the campus in Cézeaux, an important research and teaching center.

A large fire department in Beaumont firefighters is located on new housing estates in development in the northeast.

Transports

Road transport

Rail transport

Gare La Pardieu in Clermont-Ferrand

The city doesn't have a railway station; the closest railway stations are located in Clermont -- the main station and La Pardieu.

Urban transport

Aubière is served by both the tramway (3 stops) and 4 bus lines.

Urbanism

Town Planning

Aubière is not only twinned with Grevenmacher, in Luxembourg, and Sperlonga, in Italy, but also carries out decentralized cooperation with Rollo, in Burkina Faso.

Accommodation

There were 5,205 accommodations in 2009 against only 5,172 in 2006.[2]

Among these housing units, 92.6% were primary residences, 1.1% secondary residences and 6.2% holiday residences. 51.4% of them were individual houses and 47.2% were apartments.[2]

The portion of primary residences owned by their residents was 48.6%. The number has dropped slightly decreasing compared to 2006, when it was (51.9%).[2]

The renting of empty HLM (Habitation à Loyer Moderé), which means council accommodation, went down from 6.8% to 5.8%.[2]

History

Administrative history

Aubière belonged to the Clermont-Ferrand's district in 1793 which became in 1801 the suburbs of the city. In 1873, the village gives away Pérignat-lès-Sarliève.

Historic facts

Until the end of the 19th century, Aubière had an intensive activity connected to wine which ended after the phylloxera epidemic. Proof of that is the fact that most of the “maison de bourg” ( typical houses built vertically) have a winery in their basement and most of these were built on the north and south edges of Aubière, along the “Vallée de l’Artière” which crosses the village. Today there is only one wine producer in the village.

The particularity of these wine cellars is that they are also built high due to the fact that water that runs under the houses creates a large amount of humidity. A local legend is likely to tell us to go up to the cellar instead of going down to the cellar.

The Aubiére’s museum of grapevine and wine still conserves the traditional tools used in the wine production as well as the most important files. The scope of this museum is not restricted to the village of Aubière but to all kinds of wine produced in Auvergne.

There are still many private vegetable fields but they are starting to lose space due to a growing population and increasing rent.

Politics & Administration

List of mayors

The current mayor is Christian Sinsard, elected in March 2008. He is reelected in 2014.[3]

List of previous mayors of Aubière:

Population & Society

Demography

In 2012, there were 9,536 inhabitants.[4] The evolution of the number of population is known thanks to the population census made in the village since 1793. Since the 21st century, all the actual census of the village of less than 10,000 inhabitants happens every five years, unlike the others that make it every year.


Cultural events and festivities

The feast of the “Rosière” happens at the end of every spring, “the Rosière” (the most beautiful girl or woman in the celebration) is chosen.

Every year, in September, the village organizes “La foire de Saint Loup”, where everyone can participate and empty their attics.

La Rosière's coat of arms

Education

Aubière is part of the Academy of Clermont-Ferrand. It manages the two Primary and Compulsory public schools, Beaudonnat and Vercingetorix.

The Puy de Dôme's general council runs the Public middle school called Joliot Curie.

There is also a private educational center named Saint Joseph composed by an elementary and middle school.

There is also the Cezeaux Campus composed by a variety of schools.

The view for the Cezeaux Campus

Social and sportive lifestyle

Aubière is home to a football team who dresses in yellow and blue in honor of the colors of the village. This team plays in the Beaudonnat stadium. There is also the “Amicale Laique”; an association that provides basket, tennis, handball, etc. and many associations of dancing, gym, judo, karate, and a sports club.

Culture & Heritage

Heraldry

D'azur à la fasce d'or

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aubière.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Distance between Aubière and Clermont-Ferrand". Lion 1906 (in French).
  2. 1 2 3 4 Statistical data for Aubière, INSEE
  3. 1 2 "List of mayors of Puy-de-Dôme" (PDF). 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ 2012 Census, INSEE
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