Arcis-sur-Aube is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Aube

Aube

Aube is a department in the northeastern part of France named after the Aube River. In 1995, its population was 293,100 inhabitants.- History :Aube is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...

 department in north-central France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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It is located 27 kilometres (16.8 mi) north of Troyes

Troyes

Troyes is a commune and the capital of the Aube department in north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about southeast of Paris. Many half-timbered houses survive in the old town...

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Personalities

George Danton was born the 26th October 1759 in Arcis-sur-Aube to a respectable though not wealthy family. He was given a good education, and he was launched in the career of an advocate at the Paris bar.

Population

Industries

Besides many big farms producing all sorts of cereals, the sugar industry has a big plant there: Cristal Union

City partnerships

• Arcis-sur-Aube is linked to Gomaringen
  Gomaringen
  Gomaringen is a municipality located about 10 km south of Tübingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.-Geographical Position:Gomaringen is located in the valley of the stream Wiesaz, a tributary of the Steinlach, which in turn flows into the Neckar....
  
  . This partnership has been established in 1976.

External links

• Official website