Arcis-sur-Aube
Arcis-sur-Aube is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.
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| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
| Department | Aube |
| Arrondissement | Troyes |
| Canton | Arcis-sur-Aube |
| Intercommunality | Arcis-sur-Aube |
| Mayor | Serge Lardin (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 92 m (302 ft) avg. |
| Land area1 | 9.49 km2 (3.66 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 2,841 (1999) |
| - Density | 299/km2 (770/sq mi) |
| 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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Arcis-sur-Aube Media
In this small painting commissioned by the subject's nephew, Prince Napoleon, the emperor is portrayed in a forbidding landscape just after his last, hard-won victory in the 1814 French campaign that was fought at Arcis-sur-Aube: 23,000 French troops withstood the onslaught of 90,000 Austrians, but were unable to capitalize on their victory.
The Church of Saint-Étienne in 2007.
The statue of Danton in 2007
Медаль «Бой при Арсис-Сюр-Об»
Bridge over the Aube: destroyed in 1940, rebuilt in 1942, destroyed in 1944, repaired in 1944, rebuilt in 1946.
The bank at Arcis-sur-Aube
Townhouse of Arcis-sur-Aube
Arcis-sur-Aube : la salle des fêtes
extrait de La France illustrée, géographie, histoire, administration, statistique, etc., tome I, par V.-A. Malte-Brun.
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