Assencières (French pronunciation: [asɑ̃sjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.
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 The road into Assencières | |
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Location of Assencières  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°21′32″N 4°11′59″E / 48.3589°N 4.1997°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Aube |
| Arrondissement | Troyes |
| Canton | Brienne-le-Château |
| Intercommunality | CC Forêts Lacs Terres Champagne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Louis Pinet[1] |
Area 1 | 7.39 km2 (2.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 187 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (66/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 10014 /10220 |
| Elevation | 164 m (538 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editAssencières is located some 11 km north-east of Troyes and 8 km south-east of Charmont-sous-Barbuise. Access to the commune is by the D 8 road from Luyères in the north passing through the village and the heart of the commune and continuing to Mesnil-Sellières in the south. The D 100 also starts from the village and goes north-east to Bouy-Luxembourg. There is a railway passing through the commune from Charmont-sous-Barbuise in the north to La Chapelle-Saint-Luc in the south-west but there is no station in or near the commune. The commune is entirely flat farmland.[3]
Neighbouring communes and villages
editAdministration
editList of Successive Mayors[4]
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1857 | Briet-Baulard | |
| 1887 | Derrez | |
| 2001 | 2008 | Gérard Leclercq |
| 2008 | 2026 | Jean-Louis Pinet |
Demography
editIn 2017 the commune had 171 inhabitants.
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Sites and monuments
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The Church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul used to have three naves from the 16th century which collapsed in 1947.[7] There are many items which are registered as historical objects:
- Stoup (17th century)
[8] - Sculpture: Christ on the cross (19th century) [9]
- Main Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable (18th century) [10]
- Retable star (18th century) [11]
- Statue: Saint-Pierre (16th century) [12]
- Statue: Saint-Fiacre (16th century) [13]
- Processional cross (17th century) [14]
- Group Sculpture: Christ & 2 angels with the instruments of the Passion (16th century) [15]
- Stained glass windows: Death of the Virgin (16th century) [16]
- Statue: Virgin & child (16th century) [17]
- Stained glass windows: Visitation of Saint-Pierre (16th century) [18]
- Reliquary-bust: Saint-Fiacre (18th century) [19]
- Bronze Bell (17th century) [20]
- Choir balustrade (18th century) [21]
- Stained glass window: the Crucifixion (16th century) [22]
- Glass figure in Bay 2 (15th century) [23]
- Glass figure in Bay 0 (15th century) [24]
Notable people linked to the commune
editAlexandre Marchais, who was called Le Mose, was born in 1962 and spent his childhood in Assencières. He made his first steps in performing at parties before turning to street music and eventually join a travelling troupe of acrobats. But it was in the gypsy community that he is known by becoming one of the leading exponents of ericius music.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b Google Maps
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Assencières, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Marguerite Beau, Essay on the religious architecture of southern Champagne in Aube outside Troyes, 1991 (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10004523 Stoup (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10004519 Sculpture: Christ on the cross (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10004479 Main Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10004478 Retable star (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10003454 Statue: Saint Pierre (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000053 Statue: Saint Fiacre (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000052 Processional cross (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000051 Group Sculpture: Christ & 2 angels with the instruments of the Passion (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000050 Stained glass windows: Death of the virgin (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000049 Statue: Virgin & child (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10010326 Stained glass windows: Visitation of Saint-Pierre (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10010323 Reliquary-bust: Saint Fiacre (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10010312 Bronze Bell (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10010267 Choir balustrade (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10010155 Stained glass window: the Crucifixion (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10001291 Glass figure in Bay 2 (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10001290 Glass figure in Bay 0 (in French)
External links
edit- Assencières on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Aßencieres on the 1750 Cassini Map
