Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban (French: [ʃɑto aʁnu sɛ̃t‿obɑ̃]; Occitan: Castèl-Arnós e Sant Auban, before 1991: Château-Arnoux)[3] is a commune in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France.
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Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
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Coordinates: 44°05′39″N 6°00′33″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |
Arrondissement | Digne-les-Bains |
Canton | Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban |
Intercommunality | CA Provence-Alpes |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | René Villard[1] |
Area 1 | 18.34 km2 (7.08 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 5,082 |
• Density | 280/km2 (720/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 on the Route Napoléon, the route taken by Napoléon in 1815 on his return from Elba.
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is on the river Durance.
Its inhabitants are referred to as Jarlandins.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 6,532 | — |
1975 | 6,240 | −0.65% |
1982 | 5,576 | −1.59% |
1990 | 5,109 | −1.09% |
1999 | 4,970 | −0.31% |
2007 | 5,148 | +0.44% |
2012 | 5,184 | +0.14% |
2017 | 5,139 | −0.17% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
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.
A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile is located in the commune.[5][6]
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