Area 18.34 km² Local time Friday 5:00 PM | Canton Volonne Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 4,970 (1999) Arrondissement Forcalquier | |
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Weather 16°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 47% Humidity | ||
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is a commune in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France.
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History
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is on the Route Napoléon, the route taken by Napoléon in 1815 on his return from Elba.
Geography
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is on the River Durance.
Population
Its inhabitants are referred to as Jarlandins.
Sights
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.
Education
A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile is located in the commune · .
References
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