Country France Department Aube Intercommunality Rivières Area 22.88 km² Population 235 (1999) | Region Grand Est Canton Vendeuvre-sur-Barse Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Monday 3:24 PM Arrondissement Bar-sur-Aube | |
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Weather 13°C, Wind S at 37 km/h, 62% Humidity | ||
Amance is a French commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.
Contents
- Map of 10140 Amance France
- Geography
- History
- Administration
- Demography
- Civil heritage
- Religious heritage
- References
Map of 10140 Amance, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Amançois or Amançoises
Geography
Amance is located some 30 km east of Troyes and 10 km south of Brienne-le-Chateau. It can be accessed from Brienne-le-Chateau and Dienville in the north by road D443 which runs south to the village then through the heart of the commune south to Vendeuvre-sur-Barse. The road D112 also goes south-east to Vauchonvilliers and the D18 road goes east to Jessains.
The commune consists of farmland in the east but is heavily forested in the west to about 50% of its area. Apart from the village there is also the hamlet of La Ville aux Bois south-west of the village.
The Amance River runs through the village to the north into the Canal d'Amenee and forms part of the western boundary of the commune. A few small streams flow into it.
History
In 1825 Amance absorbed La Ville-aux-Bois-lès-Vendeuvre which should not be confused with La Ville-aux-Bois commune also in the Aube.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors of Amance
(Not all data is known)
Demography
In 2010 the commune had 275 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)
Civil heritage
Religious heritage
The Church of Saint Martin is a unique Romanesque building, rebuilt in the 16th and 19th centuries.
The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
The Parish Church of the Assumption at La Ville-aux-Bois also contains many items that are registered as historical objects: