Herbisse

Herbisse
Herbisse
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region  Herbisse
Coordinates: 48°37′27″N 4°06′47″E / 48.6242°N 4.1131°ECoordinates: 48°37′27″N 4°06′47″E / 48.6242°N 4.1131°E
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Troyes
Canton	Arcis-sur-Aube
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Lambert
Area^1	22.04 km^2 (8.51 sq mi)
Population (2012)^2	176
• Density	8.0/km^2 (21/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	10172 / 10700
Elevation	98–120 m (322–394 ft) (avg. 105 m or 344 ft)
^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.

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

Geography

Herbisse is a small village in the Champagne crayeuse located on a stream call l'Herbissonne. Most of the village's land is used for agriculture.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	238	—
1968	242	+1.7%
1975	192	−20.7%
1982	170	−11.5%
1990	168	−1.2%
1999	149	−11.3%
2008	180	+20.8%
2011	179	−0.6%
2012	176	−1.7%

Monuments

• The Roman Catholic Church dedicated to the Virgin Mary
• The Memorial dedicated to the soldiers from the village who dies in World War I and World War II.
• the Tombstones of 7 Royal Air Force airmen (5 of the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve and 2 from the Royal New Zealand Air Force) of the 49 Squadron Bomber Command. They died on July 19 1944 when their Lancaster Mk III (Number JB178) crashed. The crew was on its 27th mission.^[1]

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  The Memorial located in front of the church, in the cemetery

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  The Virgin Mary in the front of the church

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  The church tower

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  Royal Air Force tombstones in the cemetery

See also

• Communes of the Aube department

References

• INSEE

1. 49th Squadron Association gravesite page