Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
	Commune
	Chateau
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
	Coordinates: 44°05′39″N 6°00′33″E / 44.0942°N 6.0092°ECoordinates: 44°05′39″N 6°00′33″E / 44.0942°N 6.0092°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Digne-les-Bains
Canton	Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
Intercommunality	Moyenne Durance
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrick Martellini
Area1	18.34 km2 (7.08 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	5,270
• Density	290/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	04049 /04160
Elevation	403–742 m (1,322–2,434 ft) ; (avg. 440 m or 1,440 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

History

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is on the Route Napoléon, the route taken by Napoléon in 1815 on his return from Elba.

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban and surrounding districts

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is on the River Durance.

Its inhabitants are referred to as Jarlandins.

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.

A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile is located in the commune^[1] · .^[2]

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