Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban

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Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban Castèl-Arnós e Sant Auban  (Occitan)
Commune
Chateau
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 44°05′39″N 6°00′33″E / 44.0942°N 6.0092°E / 44.0942; 6.0092Coordinates: 44°05′39″N 6°00′33″E / 44.0942°N 6.0092°E / 44.0942; 6.0092
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Digne-les-Bains
Canton	Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
Intercommunality	Provence-Alpes-Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	René Villard
Area 1	18.34 km2 (7.08 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	5,120
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	04049 /04160
Elevation	403–742 m (1,322–2,434 ft) (avg. 440 m or 1,440 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban (French: [ʃɑto aʁnu sɛ̃t‿obɑ̃]; Occitan: Castèl-Arnós e Sant Auban) is a commune in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France.

History[]

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is on the Route Napoléon, the route taken by Napoléon in 1815 on his return from Elba.

Geography[]

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban and surrounding districts

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is on the river Durance.

Population[]

Its inhabitants are referred to as Jarlandins.

Sights[]

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban has one of the French pacifist monuments to the dead, which reads: "war is a crime".

The airfield is "Le Centre National de Vol à Voile", the French national centre for the sport of gliding.

Education[]

A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile is located in the commune^[2] · .^[3]

See also[]

• Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

References[]

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