Arsonval

Commune in Grand Est, France

Commune in Grand Est, France

(2024–2026) Mikaël Geoffroy^[1]Area7.58 km² (2.93 sq mi)Population295 • Density39/km² (100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation159 m (522 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arsonval (French pronunciation: [aʁsɔ̃val]) is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.

It lies on the right bank of the river Aube, about 30 miles (48 km) east of Troyes. It has a church dating from the twelfth century.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	273	—
1968	280	+2.6%
1975	320	+14.3%
1982	388	+21.2%
1990	365	−5.9%
1999	331	−9.3%
2008	338	+2.1%
2015	329	−2.7%

Personalities

• Victor-Eugène Ardouin-Dumazet (born in 1852, died in 1940 at Arsonval) : journalist, author of "Voyage en France", tourist guides (in 60 volumes).

See also

• Communes of the Aube department
• Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval inventor of the d'Arsonval Galvanometer

References

Attribution:

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Arsonval". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 656.