Aube

The Aube [o ː b] is a French department of atomic number 10 It is in the northeast of the country in the Champagne- Ardenne region, and was named after the river Aube.

The Aube in the Western Champagne has a name, which ( with the atomic number 11) in the southern Languedoc is very similar to that of Aude. In addition to the designation after a river but there is little in common.

Geography

The department is bordered to the north by the department of Marne, on the east by the department of Haute- Marne, in the southeast on the Côte-d'Or department in the southwest of the Yonne department in north and west by the department of Seine -et- Marne.

During the Seine flows through the central department from southeast to northwest, the eponymous Aube runs in the northeastern and northern part of the department. To the east between the Seine and Aube extends the Regional Natural Park of the Orient Forest with the three artificial lakes Lac d' Orient, Lac du Temple and Lac Amance that serve to regulate the water level of the two rivers.

Coat of arms

Description: Under a silver shaft main shield a silver slant beams of golden fretwork is accompanied on both sides in blue.

Cities

The Aube has, as the whole region of Champagne -Ardenne to a rather low population density, compared with the approximately 100 people per km ² in the neighboring region of Lorraine or the value of about 220 for Alsace. The most densely populated municipalities in this department are:

Administrative divisions

The Aube is divided into three arrondissements, 33 cantons and 433 communes: