Artois, California

Artois, California, is an unincorporated community in Glenn County, in the northern Sacramento Valley of California. It is located on the former US Highway 99W, and is bypassed to the west by Interstate Highway 5. It is served by the California Northern Railroad, formerly the west Sacramento Valley line of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Its coordinates are approximately 39°37' N 122°12' W, elevation convert|167|ft|m. The ZIP code for Artois is 95913, and its population (ZIP code area, 2000 census) is 209. The community is inside area code 530.

The name stems from the ancient province in France where the method of boring artesian wells was first adopted. Artois was formerly named "Germantown", [cite book |last=Gudde |first=Erwin G. |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=California Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary |origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |volume= |date= |year=1949 |month= |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley, California |language= |isbn= |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages=16 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ] and petitions to change the Germantown post office name were successful with "Artois" adopted on May 21, 1918.

Politics

In the state legislature Artois is located in the 4th Senate District, represented by Republican Sam Aanestad, and in the 2nd Assembly District, represented by Republican Doug LaMalfa. Federally, Artois is located in California's 3rd congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R +13 [cite web | title = Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest? | publisher = Campaign Legal Center Blog | url=http://www.clcblog.org/blog_item-85.html | accessdate = 2007-10-20] and is represented by Republican Wally Herger.

Notable residents

*Sue Ellen Wooldridge, former U.S. attorney

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