Avon-la-Pèze explained
| Avon-la-Pèze |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Nogent-sur-Seine |
| Canton: | Saint-Lyé |
| Insee: | 10023 |
| Postal Code: | 10290 |
| Mayor: | Frédéric Hazouard[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CC Orvin Ardusson |
| Coordinates: | 48.3897°N 3.655°W |
| Elevation M: | 140 |
| Area Km2: | 12.7 |
Avon-la-Pèze (in French pronounced as /avɔ̃ la pɛz/) is a commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.
Geography
Avon-la-Pèze is located some 30 km north-west of Troyes and 17 km south by south-west of Romilly-sur-Seine. Access to the commune is by road D440 from Rigny-la-Nonneuse in the north which passes through the centre of the commune and the village before continuing south to Marcilly-le-Hayer. The D23 comes from Avant-les-Marcilly in the north-west passing west through the commune and the village and continuing to Saint-Lupien in the south-east. The D16 branches off the D23 east of the village and goes north-east to Marigny-le-Châtel. There is the hamlet of La Pezé to the north of the village. There is a large forest to the west of the village (the Bois de la Garenne) and 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 |
|---|
| 1857 | René Gouet |
| 2001 | 2026 | Frédéric Hazouard | |
Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avonnais or Avonnaises in French.[4]
Sites and Monuments
The Parish Church once belonged to the Abbey of Pothières in Côte-d'Or. Rebuilt in the 16th century, altered and distorted in the 18th century, it came under Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens.[5] It contains a large number of items that are registered as historical objects:
- A Statue: Saint Pierre (17th century)[6]
- A Statuette: Angel (17th century)[7]
- A Statue: Virgin and child (16th century)[8]
- A Group sculpture: Virgin of Pity (16th century)[9]
- A Statue: Saint Fiacre (17th century)[10]
- A Statue: Saint Éloi (16th century)[11]
- A Statue: Saint Catherine (16th century)[12]
- A Retable on the main Altar (1544)[13]
- A Chalice (19th century)[14]
- A Paten (1819-1838)[15]
- A Chalice (1819-1838)[16]
- A Baptismal font (14th century)[17]
- A Chandelier (19th century)[18]
- A Cabinet for Archives (17th century)[19]
- A Processional Staff: Saint Nicolas (17th century)[20]
- A Processional Staff: Saint Pierre (17th century)[21]
- A Statue: Christ on the Cross (16th century)[22]
- A Statue: Saint Marguerite (16th century)[23]
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/Avon-la-P%C3%A8ze,+France/@48.3805555,3.6456135,6025m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47eedcdd9e6de901:0x3606b5b37e5b544?hl=en Google Maps
- http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=16413 List of Mayors of France
- https://www.habitants.fr/aube-10 Le nom des habitants du 10 - Aube
- Marguerite Beau, Essay on the religious architecture of Southern Champagne in Aube excluding Troyes, 1991
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