Aube is a department in northeast France named after the Aube river. The prefecture (capital) of Aube is Troyes.

History
Aube is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with Troyes as its capital. It was divided in six districts: Nogent-sur-Seine, Arcis-sur-Aube, Bar-sur-Aube, Bar-sur-Seine, Ervy, and Troyes.

In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the six districts were changed into five arrondissements: Arcis-sur-Aube, Bar-sur-Aube, Bar-sur-Seine, Nogent-sur-Seine and Troyes.

After the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815), the department was occupied by the Russian army from June 1815 to November 1818.

On 10 September 1926, the arrondissements of Arcis-sur-Aube et Bar-sur-Seine were eliminated.

Geography
The Aube department is in the southwest of the Grand Est region. It is surrounded by 5 departments in 3 regions:
 Grand Est region
 Marne (north)
 Haute-Marne (east)
 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
 Côte-d'Or (south)
 Yonne (west)
 Île-de-France region
 Seine-et-Marne (northwest)

The area of Aube is . Its highest point is in the Bois du Mont in the commune Champignol-lez-Mondeville in the southeast of the department. It is  high (),. The lowest point is  high in the commune La Motte-Tilly in the west of the department.

The main rivers in the department are the Seine, the Aube (tributary of the Seine), the Amance (tributary of the Armançon), and the Vanne (a tributary of the Yonne).

Climate
The area around Troyes, at an altitude of about , has few extremes of temperature. The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Troyes is a "Marine West Coast Climate" and of the subtype "Cfb".

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Troyes is . The month with the most precipitation on average is November with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is July with an average of .

The average temperature for the year in Troyes is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of .

Administration
Aube is managed by the Departmental Council of Aube in Troyes. The department is part of the Grand Est region.

Administrative divisions
There are 3 arrondissements (districts), 17 cantons and 431 communes (municipalities) in Aube.

This is a list of the 17 cantons of the Aube department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:

 Aix-en-Othe (1001)
 Arcis-sur-Aube (1002)
 Bar-sur-Aube (1003)
 Bar-sur-Seine (1004)
 Brienne-le-Château (1005)
 Creney-près-Troyes (1006)
 Nogent-sur-Seine (1007)
 Les Riceys (1008)
 Romilly-sur-Seine (1009)
 Saint-André-les-Vergers (1010)
 Saint-Lyé (1011)
 Troyes-1 (1012)
 Troyes-2 (1013)
 Troyes-3 (1014)
 Troyes-4 (1015)
 Troyes-5 (1016)
 Vendeuvre-sur-Barse (1017)

Demographics
People who live in Aube are called Aubois (women: Auboises).

Aube had a population, in 2014, of 308,094, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2. The arrondissement of Troyes, with 225,184 inhabitants, is the arrondissement with more inhabitants.

Evolution of the population in Aube

The communes with more inhabitants in the Aube department are:

Gallery

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Aube department
 Communes of the Aube department

References

Other websites

 Departmental Council website 
 Prefecture of the Aube department 
 Tourism in Aube en Champagne

Departments in Grand Est