Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban.svg |
Arrondissement: | Digne-les-Bains |
Canton: | Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban |
Insee: | 04049 |
Postal Code: | 04160 |
Mayor: | René Villard[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Provence-Alpes |
Coordinates: | 44.0942°N 6.0092°W |
Elevation M: | 440 |
Elevation Min M: | 403 |
Elevation Max M: | 742 |
Area Km2: | 18.34 |
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban (in French ʃɑto aʁnu sɛ̃t‿obɑ̃/; Occitan (post 1500);: Castèl-Arnós e Sant Auban) is a commune in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France.
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.
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.[2] [3]