Arsonval

Arsonval
Arsonval
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region  Arsonval
Coordinates: 48°16′07″N 4°39′04″E / 48.2686°N 4.6511°ECoordinates: 48°16′07″N 4°39′04″E / 48.2686°N 4.6511°E
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Bar-sur-Aube
Canton	Bar-sur-Aube
Intercommunality	Bar-sur-Aube
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	André Rosselle
Area^1	7.58 km^2 (2.93 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	338
• Density	45/km^2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	10012 / 10200
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Arsonval is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.

It lies on the right bank of the Aube River, about 30 miles (48 km) east of Troyes. It has a church dating from the twelfth century.^[1]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	273	—
1968	280	+2.6%
1975	320	+14.3%
1982	388	+21.2%
1990	365	−5.9%
1999	331	−9.3%
2008	338	+2.1%

Personalities

• Victor-Eugène Ardouin-Dumazet (born in 1852, died in 1940 at Arsonval) : journalist, author of "Voyage en France", tourist guides (in 60 volumes).

See also

• Communes of the Aube department

Notes

1. Chisholm 1911, p. 656.

References

• INSEE

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Arsonval". Encyclopædia Britannica 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 656.