Aube
Aube | |
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Prefecture building of the Aube department in Troyes | |
Location of Aube in France | |
| Coordinates: 48°20′N 4°10′E / 48.333°N 4.167°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Prefecture | Troyes |
| Subprefectures | Bar-sur-Aube Nogent-sur-Seine |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Philippe Pichery (DVD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,004 km2 (2,318 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 311,076 |
| • Rank | 74th |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-10 |
| Department number | 10 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 17 |
| Communes | 431 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which excludes estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Aube (French pronunciation: [ob] ⓘ ohb) is a French department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France. As with sixty departments in France, this department is named after a river: the Aube. With 310,242 inhabitants (2019), Aube is the 74th department in terms of population. The inhabitants of the department are known as Aubois or Auboises.
The department was constituted by a decree of the National Assembly of 15 January 1790.