Aulnay, Aube

Aulnay
The Town Hall
Aulnay
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region  Aulnay
Coordinates: 48°28′24″N 4°24′23″E / 48.4733°N 4.4064°ECoordinates: 48°28′24″N 4°24′23″E / 48.4733°N 4.4064°E
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Bar-sur-Aube
Canton	Chavanges
Intercommunality	Chavengeois
Government
• Mayor (2001–2020)	Jacky Cartier
Area^1	10.44 km^2 (4.03 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	126
• Density	12/km^2 (31/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	10017 / 10240
^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.

Aulnay (pronounced ɔnɛ, the "l" is mute) 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 Aulnaysiens or Aulnaysiennes.^[1]

Geography

Aulnay is located some 28 km east by south-east of Arcis-sur-Aube, 16 km north-west of Brienne-le-Château, and 50 km west by south-west of Saint-Dizier. Access to the commune is by the D35 road from Jasseines in the north which passes through the west of the commune and the village before it continues south to Chalette-sur-Voire. The D5 road comes from Brillecourt in the west and passes through the village before continuing east to Braux. South of the village is the hamlet of Petit-Aulnay. Apart from a belt of trees along the river the commune is entirely farmland.^[2]

The Ravet river flows through the commune from east to west forming part of the south-facing border in both the east and west of the commune before continuing west to join the Aube at Brillecourt.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
	1857	Bonnot
2001	2020	Jacky Cartier

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 126 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
141	148	152	179	148	173	195	201	219

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
216	221	209	211	174	194	151	158	150

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
146	160	162	139	165	158	162	136	135

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
131	117	109	105	106	118	115	126	-

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

Aulnay War Memorial

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The town hall contains 4 Stained glass windows (16th century) which are registered as an historical object.^[4][5]

Religious heritage

The rebuilt Church of Saint-Rémy

The Church of Saint-Rémy was built in the 16th century but collapsed in recent years. There are only the remains of the Romansesque Nave which was rebuilt in the 18th century.^[6]

The Parish Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Tombstone (16th century)^[7] (destroyed)
• An Eagle Lectern (19th century)^[8]
• A Statue: Christ on the Cross (16th century)^[9]
• A Tabernacle (18th century)^[10]
• A Statue: Saint Rémy (16th century)^[11]
• A Statue: Saint Savine (16th century)^[12]
• A Statuette: Saint John the Baptist (16th century)^[13] (disappeared)
• A Statue: Saint Roch (16th century)^[14]
• A Statuette: Saint Antoine (16th century)^[15]
• A Statue: Virgin and Child (16th century)^[16]
• An Inscription (1681)^[17] (destroyed)
• An Altar (19th century)^[18]
• A Stoup (17th century)^[19]
• The Furniture in the Church^[20]

See also

• Communes of the Aube department

External links

• Aulnay on the old IGN website (French)
• Aulnay on Lion1906
• Aulnay on Google Maps
• Aulnay on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Aulnay on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Aulnay 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 Aulnay (French)
2. Google Maps
3. List of Mayors of France (French)
4. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10000669 4 Stained glass windows (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000059 4 Stained glass windows (French)
6. Marguerite Beau, Essay on the religious architecture of southern Champagne in Aube including Troyes, 1991 (French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10003589 Tombstone (French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10003588 Eagle Lectern (French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10003587 Statue: Christ on the Cross (French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10003586 Tabernacle (French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10003585 Statue: Saint Rémy (French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10003584 Statue: Saint Sabine (French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10003031 Statuette: Saint John the Baptist (French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000062 Statue: Saint Roch (French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000061 Statuette: Saint Antoine (French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000060 Statue: Virgin and Child (French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10003309 Inscription (French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10002839 Altar (French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10002814 Stoup (French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10003288 Furniture (French)