Aube, Orne

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Véronique Helleux^[1]Area5.74 km² (2.22 sq mi)Population1,247 • Density220/km² (560/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation210–267 m (689–876 ft)
(avg. 214 m or 702 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aube (French pronunciation: [ob] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,296	—
1975	1,503	+2.14%
1982	1,757	+2.26%
1990	1,681	−0.55%
1999	1,540	−0.97%
2009	1,409	−0.89%
2014	1,332	−1.12%
2020	1,258	−0.95%
Source: INSEE[4]

The inhabitants are known as Albins in French.^[5]

Points of Interest

• Musée de la Comtesse de Ségur - The museum of The Countess of Ségur is a collection of memories and documents concerning the life and work of the novelist.^[6][7]

National heritage sites

• Old forge site of the communes iron works since 1500.^[8] The present buildings date back to the 18th Century and were listed as a Monument historique in 1982.^[9] The old forge is now a museum dedicated to showing metallurgy.^[10]

Notable People

• Serge Rousseau - (1930 – 2007) a French film and television actor and agent was born here.^[11]
• Marcel Mule - (1901 – 2001) a French classical saxophonist was born here.^[12]

Twin towns – sister cities

Aube is twinned with:^[13]

• Hohenstein Strinz-Margaretha, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References