Aubres

Aubres is a southern French village with 423 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the department of Drôme in the Rhône -Alpes. It belongs to the canton of Nyons and the Local Government Association, Val d' Eygues.

Geography

Aubres located on the banks of the Eygues in the south of the Drôme Provençale, about 56 kilometers northeast of Avignon and 2.8 kilometers northeast of Nyons, the seat of the arrondissement of Nyons sub-prefecture to an average height of 744 meters above the sea level. The Mairie and the main part of the community, however, in the valley de Ravin Suffie at an altitude of 290 meters. Neighboring municipalities are Les Pilles and Châteauneuf -de- Bordette. The municipality has an area of ​​20.27 square kilometers.

Aubres is a climate of type Cfb ( according to Köppen and Geiger ) assigned: Warm Temperate rain climate ( C ), fully wet ( f), the warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C ( b). There is a maritime climate with moderate summer.

History

The place name is pronounced Aubres aoubré and thus corresponds to the Provençal pronunciation of the French word arbre, tree '. The Vieux Village ( old village ') dates from the Middle Ages.

1793 Aubres received in the course of the French Revolution ( 1789-1799 ) the status of a municipality and 1801 by the administrative reform under Napoleon Bonaparte ( 1769-1821) the right to local self-government.

The facade of the church of Sainte -Thérèse was renovated in 2000.

Demographics

From 1975 to 2008, the population has more than doubled.

Economy and infrastructure

In the past, agriculture was the main industry in Aubres, especially the Nutzierhaltung of sheep and goats, grain crops and olives for oil production. There have been bred to a lesser degree silkworms. Then was reinforced orchards, operated mainly cultivation of cherries and apricots, as well as viticulture. Despite severe frost in the winter of 1956 when olive cultivation could hold. For several years, the number of farmers who live from agriculture, declined.

The growth of the population is due to the semi-industrial, craft and tourist establishments, especially on the gravel production, Painters, tilers, plumbers, restaurants and camping.

There is a public primary school in Aubres.