Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban Explained

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 (pronounced as /fr/; oc|Castèl-Arnós e Sant Auban, before 1991: Château-Arnoux)[2] is a commune in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France.

History

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is on the Route Napoléon, the route taken by Napoléon in 1815 on his return from Elba.

Geography

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is on the river Durance.

Population

Its inhabitants are referred to as Jarlandins.

Sights

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.

Education

A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile is located in the commune.[3] [4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000539537 Décret du 13 décembre 1991 portant changement de nom de communes
  3. Enac / SEFA : La fusion opérationnelle pour le 1er janvier 2011
  4. Vie des campus