Bar-sur-Aube
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Bar-sur-Aube is a commune
of France
in the Aube
department, of which it is a sub-prefecture.
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...
of 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...
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, of which it is a sub-prefecture.
Population
The inhabitants of the commune are called Baralbains.Culture
- Market every Saturday morning in the halls
- Champagne Culinary Journey in May
- Fair of cheeses in June
- Medieval Festival in September
- Guided tours of the city are organized on request to the tourist information office.
See also
- Communes of the Aube department
- Bertrand de Bar-sur-AubeBertrand de Bar-sur-AubeBertrand de Bar-sur-Aube was an Old French poet from the Champagne region of France who wrote a number of chansons de geste. He is the author of Girard de Vienne, and it is likely that he also wrote Aymeri de Narbonne...
- medieval French poet