Aulnay, Aube Explained
| Aulnay |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Bar-sur-Aube |
| Canton: | Brienne-le-Château |
| Insee: | 10017 |
| Postal Code: | 10240 |
| Mayor: | Jacky Cartier[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CC Lacs Champagne |
| Coordinates: | 48.4733°N 4.4064°W |
| Elevation M: | 113 |
| Area Km2: | 10.44 |
Aulnay (in French pronounced as /onɛ/, pronounced ɔnɛ, the "l" is mute) is a commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.
Geography
Aulnay is located some 28 km east by south-east of Arcis-sur-Aube, 16 km north-west of Brienne-le-Château, and 50 km west by south-west of Saint-Dizier. Access to the commune is by the D 35 road from Jasseines in the north which passes through the west of the commune and the village before it continues south to Chalette-sur-Voire. The D 5 road comes from Brillecourt in the west and passes through the village before continuing east to Braux. South of the village is the hamlet of Petit Aulnay. Apart from a belt of trees along the river the commune is entirely farmland.[2]
The Ravet river flows through the commune from east to west forming part of the south-facing border in both the east and west of the commune before continuing west to join the Aube at Brillecourt.[2]
Neighbouring communes and villages
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Administration
List of Successive Mayors[3]
| From | To | Name |
|---|
| 1857 | Bonnot |
| 2001 | 2026 | Jacky Cartier | |
Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aulnaysiens in French.[4]
Culture and heritage
Civil heritage
The town hall contains 4 Stained glass windows (16th century) which are registered as an historical object.[5] [6]
Religious heritage
The Church of Saint-Rémy was built in the 16th century but collapsed in recent years. There are only the remains of the Romansesque Nave which was rebuilt in the 18th century.[7]
The Parish Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
- A Tombstone (16th century)[8] (destroyed)
- An Eagle Lectern (19th century)[9]
- A Statue: Christ on the Cross (16th century)[10]
- A Tabernacle (18th century)[11]
- A Statue: Saint-Rémy (16th century)[12]
- A Statue: Sainte-Savine (16th century)[13]
- A Statuette: Saint-Jean-Baptiste (16th century)[14] (disappeared)
- A Statue: Saint-Roch (16th century)[15]
- A Statuette: Saint-Antoine (16th century)[16]
- A Statue: Virgin and Child (16th century)[17]
- An Inscription (1681)[18] (destroyed)
- An Altar (19th century)[19]
- A Stoup (17th century)[20]
- The Furniture in the Church[21]
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/Aulnay/@48.4726624,4.4203907,6047m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47ec05530e9e95dd:0x40a5fb99a3f4df0?hl=en Google Maps
- http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=16407 List of Mayors of France
- https://www.habitants.fr/aube-10 Le nom des habitants du 10 - Aube
- Ministry of Culture, Palissy
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- Marguerite Beau, Essay on the religious architecture of southern Champagne in Aube including Troyes, 1991
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