- Brienne-le-Château
French commune
nomcommune=Brienne-le-Château
région=Champagne-Ardenne
département=Aube | arrondissement=Bar-sur-Aube
canton=Brienne-le-Château
insee=10064
cp=10500
maire=Nicolas Dhuicq
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=
longitude=4.52638888889
latitude=48.3919444444
alt moy=126 m
alt mini=
alt maxi=
hectares=2156
km²=21.56
sans=3870
date-sans=
dens=154
dtae-dens=Brienne-le-Château is a commune in the
Aube department in north-centralFrance . It is located 1 mile from the right bank of theAube River and 26 m. N.E. ofTroyes .Napoleon Bonaparte was a resident of the town from 1779 to 1784 while he was studying at the military school suppressed in 1790. In 1814, it was the site of theBattle of Brienne , when the Sixth Coalition invaded France.ee also
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Communes of the Aube department References
"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."
External links
* [http://www.ville-brienne-le-chateau.fr/ Official site] fr icon
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