Amance, Aube

Amance
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Amance
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region Amance
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Bar-sur-Aube
Canton	Vendeuvre-sur-Barse
Intercommunality	Rivières
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Jean-Michel Pietremont
Area1	22.88 km2 (8.83 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	275
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	10005 / 10140
Elevation	132–213 m (433–699 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
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.

Amance is a French commune in the Aube department in the Champagne-Ardenne region of north-central France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Amançois or Amançoises

Geography

Amance is located some 30 km east of Troyes and 10 km south of Brienne-le-Chateau. It can be accessed from Brienne-le-Chateau and Dienville in the north by road D443 which runs south to the village then through the heart of the commune south to Vendeuvre-sur-Barse. The road D112 also goes south-east to Vauchonvilliers and the D18 road goes east to Jessains.

The commune consists of farmland in the east but is heavily forested in the west to about 50% of its area. Apart from the village there is also the hamlet of La Ville aux Bois south-west of the village.

The Amance River runs through the village to the north into the Canal d'Amenee and forms part of the western boundary of the commune. A few small streams flow into it.

History

In 1825 Amance absorbed La Ville-aux-Bois-lès-Vendeuvre which should not be confused with La Ville-aux-Bois commune also in the Aube.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Amance

From	To	Name	Party	Position
	1857	Guichard
1995	2008	Paul Hubail
2008	2020	Jean-Michel Pietremont

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 275 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
291	299	287	329	629	536	550	660	662

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
638	607	568	544	557	549	541	477	425

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
396	407	384	338	320	292	296	273	311

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
306	301	274	238	228	235	250	275	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

File:Population - Municipality code 10005.svg

Population of Amance

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

• The Town Hall contains three items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Wardrobe (18th century)
  • A Louis XVI Chair (18th century)
  • The Furniture in the Town Hall

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint Martin is a unique Romanesque building, rebuilt in the 16th and 19th centuries.

The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Statue: The Virgin (16th century)
• Stained glass windows (16th century)
• A Baptismal font (16th century)
• A Painted Panel: Placing in the Tomb (disappeared) (16th century)
• A Bronze Bell (1680)
• A Pulpit (18th century)
• A Tombstone (17th century)
• A Painting: Institution of the Rosary (18th century)
• A Painting: Charity of Saint Martin (17th century)
• A Sculpture: Christ on the Cross (16th century)
• A Group Sculpture: Education of the Virgin (16th century)
• The Furniture in the Church of Saint Martin

The Parish Church of the Assumption at La Ville-aux-Bois also contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Tombstone of Nicolas de Rochetaillée and his wife (1496)
• A Statue: Virgin and child (17th century)
• A Statue: Saint Sebastian (17th century)
• A Processional Staff: Virgin and child (18th century)
• A Statue: Saint Éloi (18th century)
• A Painting: Assumption (18th century)
• The main Altar, Retable, Tabernacle, and exhibition (18th century)
• A Statuette: Saint Nicolas (18th century)
• A Statuette: Saint Catherine (18th century)
• A Chest (18th century)
• A Sculpture: Christ on the Cross (17th century)
• A Monstrance (19th century)
• The Tombstone of Gaspard de Pons and his wife (1670)
• A Painting: Marriage of the Virgin (18th century)
• A Painting: Adoration of the Magii (17th century)
• A Painting: Flagellation (18th century)
• The Tombstone of Antoine de Mertrus (17th century)
• The Furniture in the Church of the Assumption

• Church of Saint Martin
• Amance église1.JPG
• Amance église2.JPG

• Church of the Assumption
• LaVilleAuxBois-église1.JPG
• LaVilleAuxBois église2.JPG

See also

• Communes of the Aube department
• Orient Forest Regional Natural Park

External links

• Amance on Lion1906
• Amance on Google Maps
• Amance on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Amance on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Amance on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)