Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban

Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban
Administration
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Forcalquier
Canton	Volonne
Intercommunality	Moyenne Durance
Mayor	Patrick Martellini (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	403–742 m (1,322–2,434 ft) (avg. 440 m/1,440 ft)
Land area1	18.34 km2 (7.08 sq mi)
Population2	5,270  (2008)
- Density	287 /km2 (740 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	04049/ 04160
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 44°05′39″N 6°00′33″E / 44.09416°N 6.00916°E / 44.09416; 6.00916

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.

Population

Its inhabitants are referred to as Jarlandins.

Historical population of Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
5785	6532	6240	5576	5109	4970	5270

Places of interest

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.

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban on the Quid site
• location of Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban and adjoining communes on a map of France (Lion 1906)
• street map of Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban (Mapquest)