Saint-Aubert, Nord

Saint-Aubert is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Saint-Aubert
Commune
The church in Saint-Aubert
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Aubert
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Coordinates: 50°12′30″N 3°25′02″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Caudry
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Caudrésis - Catésis
Government
• Mayor (2020-2026)	Pascal Gérard
Area ^1	8.12 km^2 (3.14 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,570
• Density	190/km^2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59528 /59188
Elevation	58–97 m (190–318 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

Private A S Bullock in his World War I memoir recalls spending a night on the brick floor of an abandoned house in St Aubert on 24 October 1928, waking at 5 am to heavy artillery bombardment. He provides a dramatic description of the battle that ensued, with horses carrying guns into battle and men stripped to the waist 'working like demons loading the guns'. He recalled, 'the shells were falling so thick and at such speed that the flash of their bursting seemed to cover the hill with a sheet of fire. It was incredible that anything could survive there.'[2]

Heraldry

Arms of Saint-Aubert

The arms of Saint-Aubert are blazoned : Or, 3 chevrons gules. (Ivry-la-Bataille, Lesdain, Saint-Aubert and Tilloy-lez-Cambrai use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Bullock, A S, Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir, The History Press, 2009, pages 79-80