Aubeterre

Not to be confused with Aubeterre-sur-Dronne.

Aubeterre
Commune
War memorial
Location of Aubeterre
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Coordinates: 48°25′50″N 4°07′15″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Troyes
Canton	Arcis-sur-Aube
Intercommunality	CA Troyes Champagne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marie Beaussier[1]
Area ^1	11.66 km^2 (4.50 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	385
• Density	33/km^2 (86/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	10015 /10150
Elevation	124 m (407 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aubeterre (French pronunciation: [obtɛʁ]) is a commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.

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.[3]

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

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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.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

From	To	Name
	1857	Jobert
2001	2026	Jean-Marie Beaussier

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aubeterriens or Aubeterriennes in French.[5]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 228 —     1800 207 −1.37% 1806 231 +1.85% 1821 234 +0.09% 1831 262 +1.14% 1836 275 +0.97% 1841 249 −1.97% 1846 232 −1.40% 1851 246 +1.18% 1856 247 +0.08% 1861 223 −2.02% 1866 224 +0.09% 1872 222 −0.15% 1876 202 −2.33% 1881 190 −1.22% 1886 177 −1.41% 1891 156 −2.49% 1896 161 +0.63%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 148 −1.67% 1906 148 +0.00% 1911 141 −0.96% 1921 127 −1.04% 1926 135 +1.23% 1931 125 −1.53% 1936 124 −0.16% 1946 115 −0.75% 1954 121 +0.64% 1962 116 −0.53% 1968 111 −0.73% 1975 110 −0.13% 1982 113 +0.39% 1990 177 +5.77% 1999 167 −0.64% 2007 218 +3.39% 2012 293 +6.09% 2017 357 +4.03%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

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)[8]
• Ceramic tiling (13th century)[9]
• A Statue: Saint John the Baptist (16th century)[10]
• Stained glass (16th century)[11]
• A Statuette: Saint Marguerite (disappeared) (16th century)[12]
• A Statue: Virgin and Child (15th century)[13]
• A Statue: Saint Bishop (14th century)[14]
• A Statue: Virgin in prayer (16th century)[15]
• A Bronze Bell (1770)[16]
• A Paten (1819)[17]
• A Chalice (19th century)[18]
• An old door and hinges (16th century)[19]
• Some benches with balustrades (1795)[20]
• A Monumental painting (15th century)[21]
• A Stoup (16th century)[22]
• A Baptismal Font (16th century)[23]
• A Monumental painting (16th century)[24]

See also

• Communes of the Aube department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Google Maps
4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
5. Le nom des habitants du 10 - Aube, habitants.fr
6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Aubeterre, EHESS (in French).
7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10004799 Celebrant Chair (in French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10004798 Ceramic tiling (in French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000058 Statue: Saint John the Baptist (in French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000057 Stained glass (in French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000056 Statuette: Saint Marguerite (disappeared - probably stolen) (in French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000055 Statue: Virgin and Child (in French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000054 Statue: Saint Bishop (in French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM100012845 Statue: Virgin in prayer (in French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012844 Bronze Bell (in French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012843 Paten (in French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012842 Chalice (in French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012841 Door and hinges (in French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012840 Benches with balustrades (in French)
21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012839 Monumental painting (in French)
22. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012838 Stoup (in French)
23. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012802 Baptismal Font (in French)
24. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10012801 Monumental painting (in French)

External links

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