Chaource

Chaource is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.

Chaource
Commune
The church in Chaource
Coat of arms
Location of Chaource
Chaource Chaource
Coordinates: 48°03′34″N 4°08′20″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Troyes
Canton	Les Riceys
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Pouillot
Area ^1	31.06 km^2 (11.99 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,081
• Density	35/km^2 (90/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	10080 /10210
Elevation	134–233 m (440–764 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
Website	www.chaource.fr
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

A cheese is named after this town. See Chaource cheese.

In the Chaource parish church there is a sculpture by The Maitre de Chaource.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,406 —     1800 1,605 +14.2% 1806 1,503 −6.4% 1821 1,420 −5.5% 1831 1,535 +8.1% 1836 1,569 +2.2% 1841 1,540 −1.8% 1846 1,651 +7.2% 1851 1,598 −3.2% 1856 1,549 −3.1% 1861 1,509 −2.6% 1866 1,503 −0.4% 1872 1,546 +2.9% 1876 1,479 −4.3% 1881 1,491 +0.8% 1886 1,451 −2.7% 1891 1,430 −1.4% 1896 1,321 −7.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,183 −10.4% 1906 1,138 −3.8% 1911 1,138 +0.0% 1921 914 −19.7% 1926 891 −2.5% 1931 903 +1.3% 1936 960 +6.3% 1946 892 −7.1% 1954 974 +9.2% 1962 978 +0.4% 1968 971 −0.7% 1975 965 −0.6% 1982 1,106 +14.6% 1990 1,031 −6.8% 1999 1,090 +5.7% 2008 1,104 +1.3% 2012 1,154 +4.5%

See also

• Communes of the Aube department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• Chaource tourism website
• Maitre de Chaource. List of major works of this sculptor