Aubeterre

Aubeterre
War memorial
Aubeterre
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region  Aubeterre
Coordinates: 48°25′50″N 4°07′15″E / 48.4306°N 4.1208°ECoordinates: 48°25′50″N 4°07′15″E / 48.4306°N 4.1208°E
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Troyes
Canton	Arcis-sur-Aube
Intercommunality	Seine Melda Coteaux
Government
• Mayor (2001–2020)	Jean-Marie Beaussier
Area^1	11.66 km^2 (4.50 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	254
• Density	22/km^2 (56/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	10015 / 10150
^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.

Not to be confused with Aubeterre-sur-Dronne.

Aubeterre is a French commune in the Aube department in the Champagne-Ardenne region of north-central France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aubeterriens or Aubeterriennes.^[1]

Geography

Aubeterre is located some 25 km north by north-east of Troyes and 17 km south by south-west of Arcis-sur-Aube. Access to the commune is by the D677 road from Voué in the north passing through the length of the commune and the village and continuing to Feuges in the south. The commune is entirely flat farmland.^[2]

The commune is served by the Procars Champagne Bus No. 7 bus from Troyes (bus station) to Arcis-sur-Aube and Mailly-le-Camp and vice versa.

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

History

Before being called Aubeterre the name of the commune was Alba-Terra. On 1 January 2011 the communes of Aubeterre and Montsuzain integrated into the Community of communes Seine Melda Coteaux. A Primary Elementary School is located in the heart of the village next to City Hall. A coffee shop the Betty Boop-Diner is located on the D677 in the village. In late August 2013 the coffee shop changed its name and became Le Relais des amis (The Inn of friends).

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
	1857	Jobert
2001	2020	Jean-Marie Beaussier

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 254 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
228	207	231	234	262	275	249	232	246

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
247	223	224	222	202	190	177	156	161

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
148	148	141	127	135	125	124	115	121

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
116	111	110	113	177	167	-	254	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Sites and monuments

The Church of the Purification of the Virgin dates from the 12th and 15th centuries. The Corbels of the prophets are unusual with their Speech scrolls.

The Church contains many items which are registered as historical objects:

• A Celebrant Chair (18th century)^[4]
• Ceramic tiling (13th century)^[5]
• A Statue: Saint John the Baptist (16th century)^[6]
• Stained glass (16th century)^[7]
• A Statuette: Saint Marguerite (disappeared) (16th century)^[8]
• A Statue: Virgin and Child (15th century)^[9]
• A Statue: Saint Bishop (14th century)^[10]
• A Statue: Virgin in prayer (16th century)^[11]
• A Bronze Bell (1770)^[12]
• A Paten (1819)^[13]
• A Chalice (19th century)^[14]
• An old door and hinges (16th century)^[15]
• Some benches with balustrades (1795)^[16]
• A Monumental painting (15th century)^[17]
• A Stoup (16th century)^[18]
• A Baptismal Font (16th century)^[19]
• A Monumental painting (16th century)^[20]

See also

• Communes of the Aube department

External links

• Aubeterre on the old IGN website (French)
• Aubeterre on Google Maps
• Aubeterre on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Aubeterre on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Aubeterre on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. Inhabitants of Aube (French)
2. Google Maps
3. List of Mayors of France (French)
4. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10004799 Celebrant Chair (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10004798 Ceramic tiling (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000058 Statue: Saint John the Baptist (French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000057 Stained glass (French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000056 Statuette: Saint Marguerite (disappeared - probably stolen) (French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000055 Statue: Virgin and Child (French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000054 Statue: Saint Bishop (French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM100012845 Statue: Virgin in prayer (French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012844 Bronze Bell (French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012843 Paten (French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012842 Chalice (French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012841 Door and hinges (French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012840 Benches with balustrades (French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012839 Monumental painting (French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012838 Stoup (French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012802 Baptismal Font (French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012801 Monumental painting (French)