Arconville Explained
| Arconville |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Bar-sur-Aube |
| Canton: | Bar-sur-Aube |
| Insee: | 10007 |
| Postal Code: | 10200 |
| Mayor: | Guillaume Gaucher[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Région de Bar-sur-Aube |
| Coordinates: | 48.1633°N 4.7233°W |
| Elevation M: | 306 |
| Area Km2: | 15 |
Arconville (in French pronounced as /aʁkɔ̃vil/) is a commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.
Geography
Arconville is located some 60 km east by south-east of Troyes and 36 km west by north-west of Chaumont. Access to the commune is by road D101 from Bergères in the west passing through the commune and the village and continuing east to join the D12 west of Longchamp-sur-Aujon. The D12 forms most of the southern border of the commune as it goes from Champignol-lez-Mondeville to Longchamp-sur-Aujon. The D70 road also passes south through the west of the commune from Baroville in the north to Champignol-lez-Mondeville in the south-west. The east of the commune is heavily forested with forests in the south-west and north-west as well. The rest of the commune is farmland.[2]
Neighbouring communes and villages
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Administration
List of Successive Mayors[3]
| From | To | Name | Party |
|---|
| 1857 | Thivet | |
| 2001 | 2008 | Jolène Colney | |
| 2008 | 2014 | Gilles Bonnevie | |
| 2014 | 2020 | Claudine Noblot | DVD |
| 2020 | 2026 | Guillaume Gaucher | | |
Population
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arconvillois or Arconvilloises in French.[4]
Sites and monuments
- The old Fraville Barn (13th century) is registered as an historical monument.[5]
- A Hall church from the 18th century, inter-denominational, dedicated to Saint Martin[6]
The church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
- A Statue: Saint Eloi (18th century)[7]
- A Poutre de Gloire (Beam of Glory) (18th century)[8]
- A Painting: Charity of Saint Martin (1846)[9]
- A Painting: Rosary (19th century)[10]
- The main Altar Tabernacle and Retable (18th century)[11]
- The Retable in the Altar of Saint Vierge (17th century)[12]
- A Statue: Saint Robert (1840)[13]
- A Statue: Virgin and child (1840)[14]
- 2 Statuettes: Saints Nicolas and Martin (18th century)[15]
- A Chalice with Paten (19th century)[16]
- The Step to the Altar (19th century)[17]
- A Celebrant's Chair (19th century)[18]
- A Processional Staff: Saint Martin (18th century)[19]
- An Altar Painting: Saint Nicolas (18th century)[20]
- A Statuette from the Processional Staff: Virgin and child (18th century)[21]
- Wood Panelling (18th century)[22]
- A Statue: Christ on the Cross (16th century)[23]
- A Processional Staff: Saint Nicolas (19th century)[24]
- The Furniture in the Church[25]
Notable people
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
- https://www.google.com/maps/place/Arconville/@48.1546474,4.7325466,6145m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47ec453fe8e606a9:0xeeafba12b1125f83?hl=en Google Maps
- http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/chercher.php List of Mayors of France
- https://www.habitants.fr/aube-10 Le nom des habitants du 10 - Aube
- Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
- Marguerite Beau, Essay on the religious architecture of southern Champagne: Aube including Troyes, 1991
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