Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
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Commune of Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |
| Arrondissement | Forcalquier |
| Canton | Volonne |
| Intercommunality | Moyenne Durance |
| Mayor | José Escanez (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 403 m–742 m (avg. 440 m) |
| Land area¹ | 18.34 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4,970 |
| - Density | 270/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 04049/ 04160 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is a commune in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France.
In French, its inhabitants are referred to as Jarlandins.
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[edit] Demography
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| 5785 | 6532 | 6240 | 5576 | 5109 | 4970 |
[edit] Places of interest
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.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban on the Institut géographique national site
- Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban on the Insee site
- Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban on the Quid site
- location of Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban and adjoining communes on a map of France (Lion 1906)
- street map of Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban (Mapquest)
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